Mar Chiquita

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for the saline lake in Córdoba Province see Mar Chiquita, Córdoba. For the beach in Puerto Rico, see Mar Chiquita, Puerto Rico.

Mar Chiquita is a lagoon in the southeast province Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina. It is located by the Atlantic coast near the beach city of Mar del Plata.

The area is a natural reserve where a number of species of animals live around the lagoon.

The location was also used as a suborbital launch site at coordinates 37°45' South, 57°25' West; between 1968 and 1972; 8 sounding rockets of the types Arcas, two rockets of the type Orion-1, and a rocket of the type Dragon were launched from there.

[edit] See also

• Rocket launch sites

[edit] External links

• Mar Chiquita launch site
• Municipal INformation (in Spanish)
• Mar Chiquita Partido official site (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 37°40′40″S, 57°30′00″W