Site Facts

Country, State,
Province/Region:
Santa Cruz,
Argentina

Relative Location:
Extreme southeast part of the continental coastal zone of Argentina

Latitude/Longitude:
51º 39’ S, 69º 06’ W

Category:
International

Basis for Designation:
Home to more than 10% of the world’s population of Magellanic Plovers (Pluvianellus socialis) and important numbers of White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), Red Knot (Calidris canutus), and Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica).

Size:
4,300 hectares; 10,626 acres

Joined:
October 2005

Site Owner/Steward:
State property. The Río Chico Coastal Urban Reserve is managed by the Municipality of Río Gallegos and the Provincial Migratory Shorebird Reserve by the Agrarian Council of the Provincial Coordinating Committee for the Protected Areas of Santa Cruz.

Site Partners:
Municipality of Río Gallegos, Provincial Agrarian Council, and UNPA-UARG

Human Population within 100 km:
Approximately 90,000

Contact:
Municipality of Río Gallegos ambiente@riogallegos.gov.ar, Provincial Agrarian Council areasprotegidas@hotmail.com, UNPA–UARG sferrari@uarg.unpa.edu.ar