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[[Image:Peninsula Valdés STS-68.jpg|thumb|right|220px|'''Golfo Nuevo''' is the eclosed body of water pictured in the lower left-hand corner of this image.]] |
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'''Golfo Nuevo''' |
'''Golfo Nuevo''' is a body of water formed by the [[Península Valdés]] and [[Punta Ninfas]] in the [[provinces of Argentina|province]] of [[Chubut Province|Chubut]] in the [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Patagonia]]. It is located 650 miles (1,046 km) southwest of [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. [[Puerto Madryn]] is its major seaport. From May to December, the [[Southern Right Whale|Southern right whales]] migrate to Golfo Nuevo to breed.<ref>[http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/ArgWhalesPata.htm The Whales of Patagonia, Argentina by Bonnie Hamre]</ref> Golfo Nuevo was also the scene of a series of [[Unidentified submerged object|mysterious submarine contacts]] in [[1958]] and [[1960]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939605-1,00.html "The Ping in Golfo Nuevo"] - [[TIME (magazine)|''TIME'']] - Monday, Feb. 22, 1960</ref><ref>[http://www.waterufo.net/item.php?id=396 Water UFO - A Research Endeavor]</ref><ref>[http://www.taringa.net/posts/954080 Operation Golfo Neuvo (Attack Submarine)] - Taringa! </ref><ref>[http://www.histarmar.com.ar/InfHistorica/OpGolfoNuevo.htm Operation Golfo Neuvo]- Maritime Archeology and History – Argentina</ref> |
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== Notes == |
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Revision as of 19:55, 23 February 2009
Golfo Nuevo is a body of water formed by the Península Valdés and Punta Ninfas in the province of Chubut in the Argentine Patagonia. It is located 650 miles (1,046 km) southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Puerto Madryn is its major seaport. From May to December, the Southern right whales migrate to Golfo Nuevo to breed.[1] Golfo Nuevo was also the scene of a series of mysterious submarine contacts in 1958 and 1960.[2][3][4][5]
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- ^ The Whales of Patagonia, Argentina by Bonnie Hamre
- ^ "The Ping in Golfo Nuevo" - TIME - Monday, Feb. 22, 1960
- ^ Water UFO - A Research Endeavor
- ^ Operation Golfo Neuvo (Attack Submarine) - Taringa!
- ^ Operation Golfo Neuvo- Maritime Archeology and History – Argentina
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