The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case 1902 (Argentina, Chile), was a British arbitration that established the present day boundaries between Argentina and Chile in Patagonia between the latitudes of 40° and 52° S as a interpretation of the Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina. As result of the arbitration many Patagonian lakes became divided in one Chilean and one Argentine side. The boundary agreed on the treaty was a compromise between the Chilean and Argentine boundary thesis that was established by the British king who acted as arbiter.
The text of the arbitration is stored in the United Nations: The Cordillera of the Andes Boundary Case (Argentina, Chile).
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In some areas such as Aysén Region the Chilean claims were partly agreed giving Chile foothold on the lakes and plains east of the Andes, while in some other areas the Argentine thesis of the Snowy Cordillera as boundary prevailed.