Tres Lagos

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Tres Lagos
Municipality and village
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Tres Lagos
Coordinates: 49°37′S71°30′W / 49.617°S 71.500°W / -49.617; -71.500
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Province Santa Cruz Province
Department Lago Argentino
Climate BSk

Tres Lagos is a village and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. [1]

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The village featured in Top Gear in which Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond head off in search of some bolt cutters after coming across a locked fence. [2] It is also featured briefly in Long Way Up where the expedition makes an overnight stop.

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References

  1. Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
  2. "Series 22". Top Gear.

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49°37′S71°30′W / 49.617°S 71.500°W / -49.617; -71.500