Mar Chiquita

NASA 367 km view of Mar Chiquita.

For the saline lake in Córdoba Province, see Mar Chiquita, Córdoba

Mar Chiquita is a lagoon in the southeast province of Buenos Aires in eastern Argentina. It is located by the Atlantic coast, 30 km north of Mar del Plata.

The area is a natural reserve where a number of species of animals live around the lagoon.

The location was also used as a suborbital launch site at coordinates 37°45' South, 57°25' West between 1968 and 1972; eight sounding rockets of the types Arcas, two rockets of the type Orion-1, and a rocket of the type Dragon, were launched from there. On the southern side of the lagoon there is a small resort village.

See also

• CELPA (Mar Chiquita)
• Rocket launch sites

External links

• Mar Chiquita launch site
• Municipal INformation (in Spanish)
• Mar Chiquita Partido official site (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 37°40′40″S 57°30′00″W / 37.67778°S 57.5°W / -37.67778; -57.5