Paso de Los Patos

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The Paso de Los Patos (Passage of the Ducks) is a mountain step between Argentina and Chile, used by the Army of the Andes to cross the mountain range in 1817, in order to release to Chile of realistic hands. It is located to the interior of Putaendo, town located to the north of the city of San Felipe, Quinta Región, Chile, and framed in the Imposing Valle de Los Patos Sur (Valley of Ducks South), to the SouthWest of the Province of San Juan, Argentina. With the name of Los Patos several passages of different denomination usually are indicated synthetically: the passages of Llaretas, Ortiz, the Honda and the Valle Hermoso.