Comandante Luis Piedrabuena
Comandante Luis Piedrabuena is a town with 4,175 inhabitants in the department of Corpen Aike in Santa Cruz province in Argentina.
Located on the left bank of the Santa Cruz river on Ruta Nacional N° 3, it is 231 km from the city of Río Gallegos and 467 km from Caleta Olivia.
It was first settled by Argentina explorer Luis Piedrabuena in 1859, who established a town on Pavón Island.
It was given its present name in 1933.
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Coordinates: 49°58′59″S 68°54′36″W / 49.983°S 68.910°W
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