Peninsula Valdés, photo taken during shuttle mission STS-68

Peninsula Valdés is a peninsula along the Atlantic coast in the Chubut Province, Argentina. Its size is about 3625 km². The Space Shuttle Columbia seconds after engine ignition, 1981 (NASA). ... STS-68 is a Space Shuttle program mission. ... A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces | Chubut ...

Most of the peninsula is barren land with some salt water lakes. The largest of these lakes is at an elevation of about 40 m below sea level, the lowest elevation in Argentina and South America. Extremes on Land See also List of mountains. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Peninsula Valdés is an important nature reserve which was listed as World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1999. The coastline is inhabited by marine mammals, like eared seals and elephant seals. Southern right wales can be found in the Golfo Nuevo between the peninsula and the Patagonian mainland. These baleen whales come here during the second half of the year, for mating and reproduction, because the water in the gulf is more quiet and warmer than in the open sea. Orcas can be found off the coast, in the open sea off the peninsula. The inner part of the peninsula is inhabited by nandus, guanacos and maras. A nature reserve is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... Genera Arctocephalus Callorhinus Eumetopias Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos Zalophus The eared seals (or walking seals), family Otariidae, are the fur seals and the sea lions. ... Two adolescent seals at the Piedras Blancas seal sanctuary near San Simeon, California. ... Species  Balaena mysticetus  Eubalaena australis  Eubalaena glacialis  Eubalaena japonica Northern Right Whale range Southern Right Whale range The right whales are marine mammals belonging to the family Balaenidae. ... For the town, see Patagonia, Arizona. ... Families Balaenidae Balaenopteridae Eschrichtiidae Neobalaenidae Scientifically known as the Mysticeti, the baleen whales, also called whalebone whales or great whales, form a suborder of the order cetacea. ... Reproduction is the creation of one thing as a copy of, product of, or replacement for a similar thing, e. ... A gulf or bay is a part of a lake or ocean that extends so that it is surrounded by land on three sides. ... Binomial name Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 Orca range (in blue) The orca (Orcinus orca), commonly known as the killer whale, and often called the grampus, is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. ... Species  Rhea americana  Rhea pennata The distribution of Rhea americana Rheas are large flightless birds native to South America. ... Binomial name Lama guanicoe (Müller, 1776) The Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is an elegant, fine-boned lamoid animal that stands approximately 3 ft 6 (1. ... Species The maras (Dolichotis) are a genus of the cavy family. ...