Bajo Caracoles
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Bajo Caracoles is a village and municipality in Santa Cruz Province
in southern Argentina
. It lies on Ruta 40 some 127 km south of the town of Perito Moreno
, and 3 km south of the junction with the access road to Cueva de las Manos
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The population of the village in the 2001 census was 31.
Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)
Santa Cruz is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut province to the north, and Chile to the west and south. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean...
in southern Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It lies on Ruta 40 some 127 km south of the town of Perito Moreno
Perito Moreno, Santa Cruz
Perito Moreno is a town in the northeast of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, 25 km east of Lake Buenos Aires. It should not be confused with the Perito Moreno National Park over 300 km south by road, or the Perito Moreno Glacier near El Calafate. The town is the capital of the Lago Buenos Aires...
, and 3 km south of the junction with the access road to Cueva de las Manos
Cueva de las Manos
Cueva de las Manos is a cave or a series of caves located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is famous for the paintings of hands, made by the indigenous inhabitants some 9,000 years ago...
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The population of the village in the 2001 census was 31.