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[[Image:Peninsula Valdés STS-68.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Golfo Nuevo is the enclosed body of water pictured in the lower left-hand corner of this image.]]
[[Image:Peninsula Valdés STS-68.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Golfo Nuevo is the enclosed body of water pictured in the lower left-hand corner of this image.]]
'''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&nbsp;km) southwest of [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. [[Puerto Madryn]] is its major seaport. From May to December, the [[southern right whale]]s migrate to Golfo Nuevo to breed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/ArgWhalesPata.htm |title=The Whales of Patagonia, Argentina by Bonnie Hamre |access-date=2008-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515035934/http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/ArgWhalesPata.htm |archive-date=2008-05-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Golfo Nuevo was also the scene of a series of mysterious submarine contacts in 1958 and 1960.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110410220110/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939605-1,00.html "The Ping in Golfo Nuevo"] - ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' -February 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>
'''Golfo Nuevo''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "New Gulf") 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 {{convert|650|mi|km|sp=us}} southwest of [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. [[Puerto Madryn]] is its major seaport.


== Notes ==
==Wildlife==
From May to December, the [[southern right whale]]s migrate to Golfo Nuevo to breed,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/ArgWhalesPata.htm |title=The Whales of Patagonia, Argentina by Bonnie Hamre |access-date=2008-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515035934/http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/ArgWhalesPata.htm |archive-date=2008-05-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> drawing numerous tourists through Madryn.
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==History==
The bight was named '''Bahía Sin Fondo''' ("Bottomless Bay") by [[Ferdinand Magellan]] when he visited it in 1520. In the 18th century, [[Welsh colonization of the Americas|Welsh colonists]] renamed it '''Bahía Nueva''' ({{lang-cy|Bae Newydd}}), whence its current name. It was also sometimes known as '''Bahía de San Matías''' ("[[Saint Matthew]]'s Bay"). Golfo Nuevo was also the scene of a series of mysterious submarine contacts in 1958 and 1960.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110410220110/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939605-1,00.html "The Ping in Golfo Nuevo"] - ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' -February 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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Revision as of 16:10, 17 January 2023

Golfo Nuevo is the enclosed body of water pictured in the lower left-hand corner of this image.

Golfo Nuevo (Spanish for "New Gulf") 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 (1,050 km) southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Puerto Madryn is its major seaport.

Wildlife

From May to December, the southern right whales migrate to Golfo Nuevo to breed,[1] drawing numerous tourists through Madryn.

History

The bight was named Bahía Sin Fondo ("Bottomless Bay") by Ferdinand Magellan when he visited it in 1520. In the 18th century, Welsh colonists renamed it Bahía Nueva (Template:Lang-cy), whence its current name. It was also sometimes known as Bahía de San Matías ("Saint Matthew's Bay"). Golfo Nuevo was also the scene of a series of mysterious submarine contacts in 1958 and 1960.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "The Whales of Patagonia, Argentina by Bonnie Hamre". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  2. ^ "The Ping in Golfo Nuevo" - Time -February 22, 1960
  3. ^ Water UFO - A Research Endeavor
  4. ^ Operation Golfo Neuvo (Attack Submarine) - Taringa!
  5. ^ Operation Golfo Neuvo- Maritime Archeology and History – Argentina

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