The Argentine Sea (Spanish: Mar Argentino) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the southern tip of South America. It ranges from the mouth of the estuary of the Río de la Plata in the north (35th parallel south) to the Isla de los Estados in the south, and from the Argentine coast to the 200 meters isobath. Its width varies between 210 km in front of Mar del Plata and 850 km at the latitude of the Falkland Islands. The coastline extends for 4,725 km. To the east of the Argentine Sea extends much deeper and more extensive Argentine Basin.
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👉 Argentine Sea in the context of Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca (Spanish pronunciation: [baˈi.a ˈβlaŋka]; English: White Bay), colloquially referred to by its own local inhabitants as simply Bahía, is a city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, centered on the northwestern end of the eponymous Blanca Bay of the Argentine Sea. It is 4th largest city in the province, and the 16th largest in the country by metropolitan population. It is the seat of government of the Bahía Blanca Partido, with 336,574 inhabitants according to the 2022 census [INDEC]. Bahía Blanca is the principal city in the Greater Bahía Blanca metropolitan area.
The city has an important seaport with a depth of 15 m (49 ft), kept constant upstream almost all along the length of the bay, where the Napostá Stream drains.
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- ⭐ Core Definition: Argentine Sea
- 👉 Argentine Sea in the context of Bahía Blanca
- Argentine Sea in the context of Patagonian Shelf
Argentine Sea in the context of Patagonian Shelf
The Patagonian Shelf, sometimes called the Argentine Shelf, is part of the South American continental shelf belonging to the Argentine Sea on the Atlantic seaboard, south of about 35° south. It adjoins the coasts of Argentina and Uruguay, with the Falkland Islands on a raise to the east, before descending down to the Falklands Plateau.
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