Punta de Vacas
Punta De Vacas, meaning "cows point", is a hamlet in Mendoza Province, Argentina between Mendoza and Puente del Inca, not far from the border with Chile.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 47 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Punta de las Vacas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Los Penitentes.
Los Penitentes
Village
Photo: Arvaki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Los Penitentes is a ski resort in Mendoza, Argentina about 25 km off Paso de Libertadores, which marks the border between Argentina and Chile, and 180 km from Mendoza Capital City, at the foot of Mount Aconcagua on Ruta 7. Los Penitentes is situated 8 km west of Punta de Vacas.
Punta de Vacas
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Las Heras Department, Mendoza, Cuyo, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-32.85141° or 32° 51′ 5″ southLongitude
-69.75453° or 69° 45′ 16″ westPopulation
47Elevation
2,407 metres (7,897 feet)United Nations Location Code
AR PVAOpen location code
47VG46XW+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 198414874OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Punta de Vacas” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պունտա դե Վակաս”
- Dutch: “Punta de Vacas”
- French: “Punta de Vacas”
- German: “Punta de Vacas”
- Japanese: “プンタ・デ・バカス”
- Persian: “پونتا د واکاس”
- Russian: “Пунта-де-Вакас”
- Spanish: “Punta de Vacas”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Punta de Vacas and Gendarmería Nacional - Escuadrón 27 ‘Punta de Vacas’.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Punta de Vacas”. Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.