Plaza costera, Comandante Luis Piedrabuena, enero 2008

Comandante Luis Piedrabuena is a town with 4,175 inhabitants in the department of Corpen Aike in Santa Cruz province in Argentina. Located on the left bank of the Santa Cruz river on Ruta Nacional N° 3, it is 231 km from the city of

Río Gallegos Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

and 467 km from

Caleta Olivia Caleta Olivia is a city located at the northeast of the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on the San Jorge Gulf by the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 70,304 in the . It is the second most important city of the province after Rio Gallego ...

. It was first settled by Argentina explorer

Luis Piedrabuena Luis Piedrabuena (; 24 August 1833 - 10 August 1883) was an Argentine sailor whose actions in southern Argentina consolidated national sovereignty at a time when these lands were virtually uninhabited and were not protected by the state. His biogr ...

in 1859, who established a town on

Pavón Island Pavón or Pavon can refer to: Animals *''Doxocopa pavon'', a brush-footed butterfly commonly known as the pavon *Horned guan (Spanish, ''pavón'') *Peacock bass (''Cichla''), also known as the pavon Places * Pavón, Costa Rica, a town in Puntare ...

. It was given its present name in 1933.

External links

Website for the city

Federal website of IFAM
Ports and harbours of Argentina Populated places in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina {{SantaCruzAR-geo-stub