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Home > Travel South America > South America Destinations > Puerto Deseado
Puerto Deseado
South America is thefourth largest continent of the Western Hemisphere. It is divided politically into 12 independent countries namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela and the overseas department of French Guiana. The continent extends to 7,640 kilometers from Punta Gallinas, Colombia, in the north to Cape Horn, Chile, in the south. At its broadest point, near where it is crossed by the equator, the continent extends to 5,300 kilometers from east to west.
South America is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. It is washed on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Topographically the continent is divided into three sections namely the South American cordillera, the interior lowlands, and the continental shield. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion and Portuguese and Spanish are the primary languages of the continent.
Puerto Deseado is a municipality of about 10,000 inhabitants and a fishing port located in Patagonia. It is located at 47 degrees south and 63 degrees west with a population of 10,237 inhabitants. Its mayor is Evaristo A. Rodriguez and it is in the Province of Argentina, on the estuary of the Deseado River. It was named as Port Desire by the privateer Thomas Cavendish in 1586 after the name of his ship, and later named in the Spanish translation of its name.
Puerto Deseado has few pleasant squares, a former railway station and two museums with various indigenous artifacts and one at the seafront with relics from the caravel. In 1670, John Narborough visited Port Desire and got the territory for the Kingdom of Great Britain. Captain John Byron went from there to claim the British assets of the Falklands in the 1760s. When the Spanish attacked there in 1770, one of the ships fled the corvette Swift that came back to Port Desire, but was wrecked due to a hidden rock.
Today, one can also learn about its history, from its earliest times and gain enthusiasm in its natural beauty and populace. Puerto Deseado enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers.
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