Punta de Vacas Heliport is a high elevation
heliport at
Punta de Vacas
Punta De Vacas, meaning "cows point", is a Hamlet (place), hamlet in Mendoza Province, Argentina between Mendoza, Argentina, Mendoza and Puente del Inca, not far from the border with Chile. The city was once served by the now disused Transandine Ra ...
, a hamlet in the
Mendoza Province of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. Punta de Vacas is on the
National Route 7 highway in the narrow mountain valley of the
Mendoza River.
There is close mountainous terrain in all quadrants. The Mendoza
VOR-DME
In radio navigation, a VOR/DME is a radio beacon that combines a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while the DME provides the slan ...
(Ident: DOZ) is located east of the heliport.
See also
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Transport in Argentina
Transport in Argentina is mainly based on a complex network of routes, crossed by relatively inexpensive long-distance buses and by cargo trucks. The country also has a number of national and international airports. The importance of the long-di ...
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List of airports in Argentina
This is a list of airports in Argentina, sorted by location.
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Airports
ICAO location identifiers link to airport page at Organismo Regulador del Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos' (ORSNA), where availableMap of airports.
Airport names sho ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMap - Punta de Vacas
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Airports in Mendoza Province
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