Cerro Tres Picos is the highest point of the
Sierra de la Ventana mountain range in the
province
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of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
. As such, it is also the highest point in Buenos Aires province, as well as in the
pampas
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region.
Geography
Location
The mountain is 650 km southwest of the city of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
; the closest settlement is Villa Ventana in the
Tornquist Partido
Tornquist Partido is a partido in the southwest of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina and is named after Ernesto Tornquist, founder of Tornquist, the partido's main city.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 12,000 inhabitants in ...
.
It is located on private property owned by the Fundación Funke (''Funke Foundation''), a charitable organization that maintains the land donated by
German
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**Ge ...
immigrant Rodolfo Funke after his death in 1938.
Climate
The mountain has a dry climate. Summers are warm, with temperatures above 30 °C during the day. Winters have an average high of 8 °C and are somewhat rainier, with nights frequently below freezing.
References
External links
Fundación Funke
Mountains of Argentina
Landforms of Buenos Aires Province
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