Estuario del rio Gallegos Map

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Map of the urban and provincial reserves.

Map of the urban and provincial reserves.


Aerial view of Rio Gallegos Estuary.

Aerial view of Rio Gallegos Estuary.
Photo courtesy of Charles Duncan.

Aerial view of the city of Río Gallegos.

Aerial view of the city of Río Gallegos.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

Students in bird observation course
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

Participants in bird observation course
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

Saltmarsh and birds near the city.
Saltmarsh and birds near the city.
Photo courtesy of Santiago Imberti

 Shorebirds in the saltmarsh.
Shorebirds in the saltmarsh.
Photo courtesy of Santiago Imberti.

Shorebird flock over the saltmarsh.
Shorebird flock over the saltmarsh.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

 Red knot flock.
Red knot flock.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

Magellanic Oystercatcher
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

 Whimbrel in mudflats
Whimbrel in mudflats.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

Banded Red Knot.
Banded Red Knot.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

 Magellanic plover
Magellanic plover
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

Two-banded Plover
Two-banded Plover
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

 Truck prints on the saltmarsh.
Truck prints on the saltmarsh.
Photo courtesy of Charles Duncan.

Oystercatchers and housing developments.
Oystercatchers and housing developments.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

 Coastal boardwalk with oystercatchers.
Coastal boardwalk with oystercatchers.
Photo courtesy of Carlos Albrieu.

Children of Rio Gallegos with the bird guide of the Estuary.
Children of Rio Gallegos with the bird guide of the Estuary.
Photo courtesy of Germán Montero

 Watching birds from the Municipal environmental classroom.
Watching birds from the Municipal environmental classroom.
Photo courtesy of Germán Montero.

 
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