Argentina Heritage Sites Gallery

Part of The Iguazu Falls seen from the Brazilian National Park, ParanA¡, brazil

Part of the Iguazu Falls seen from the Argentine side. The Iguazu Falls (in Portuguese: Iguacu Falls), popularly called in Argentina as ?Cataratas?; they are a group of waterfalls that are located on the Iguazu river, on the border between the province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Parana. They are fully inserted in protected areas; Argentina's sector is within the Iguazu National Park, while Brazil's is in the Iguacu National Park. They were chosen as one of the "Seven Natural Wonders of the World".
Iguazu, Misiones, Argentina

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ARGENTINA Patagonia Cueva de las Manos Cave of the Hands. Prehistoric rock paintings of human hands and animals in red black and orange 13 000 to 9 500 years old

© eye ubiquitous / hutchison

Archaeology, Arts, Historical, South America

Sunrise clouds, Patagonia, Argentina

Bands of colorful lenticular clouds lit by rising sun in blue sky; lenticular clouds are stationary oblong or lens-shaped clouds which form at high altitudes usually at right angle to wind direction when moist air flows over mountains, fall, Glaciers National Park, Los Glaciares, Andes, Patagonia, Argentina

© 2007 John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk registered at U.S. Library of Congress Office