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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. It is the second largest province of the country (after Buenos Aires province), and the least densely populated in mainland Argentina.

Santa Cruz's most visited destination is the Los Glaciares National Park and a number of glaciers of which the Perito Moreno Glacier is the most famous. Nearby El Calafate has an airport that connects the area with Buenos Aires and Trelew.

Some 200 kilometres north of El Calafate is the village of El Chalten at the feet of the Cerro Torre and Mount Fitz Roy. Still not very developed, El Chalten serves as a hub for various trekking routes including walks on the Viedma Glacier.

600 kilometres further north of El Chalten, by the dirt road Route 40, the Cueva de las Manos near the town of Perito Moreno allows the few tourists who venture to this point to see the prehistoric wall paintings in the caves near the Pinturas River.

The Perito Moreno National Park and its lakes, north of Los Glaciares, are rarely visited. Besides trekking, other sports practiced on the west side of the province are sport fishing, rafting and climbing.

On east, the National Route 3 follows the Atlantic coastline, by which several buses connect the coastal cities, and take passengers both south to Tierra del Fuego and north to Chubut Province and Buenos Aires. The most visited places are the cities of Rio Gallegos, the Bosques Petrificados National Monument petrified forest, and the depression of Laguna del Carbon near Puerto San Julian.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Province_(Argentina)