Punta Delgada is a locality and tourist resort on the Valdes Peninsula in

Biedma Department Biedma is a department located in the north east of Chubut Province, on the Atlantic coast of Argentina. The spelling Viedma is also sometimes used, but the spelling ''Biedma'' is preferred, to distinguish the department from the city of Viedma ...

in the north of the

province of Chubut Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ran ...

, Argentina. It is situated on the

Golfo Nuevo Golfo Nuevo (Spanish for "New Gulf") is a body of water formed by the Península Valdés and Punta Ninfas in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is located southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Puerto Madryn is its major seap ...

The main attractions are a colony of elephant seals and an active

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

built in 1905. The buildings around the lighthouse have been converted into a hotel and restaurant, to accommodate visitors to the area. The cast-iron lighthouse tower contains a Fresnel lens, which emits a pattern of three white flashes every twenty-five seconds.

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Puerto Pirámides - images

Federal Site Ifam
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