Santa Cruz Province, Argentina topographic map

Name: Santa Cruz Province, Argentina topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Argentina (-52.39760 -73.56054 -45.99987 -65.71792)

Average elevation: 350 m

Minimum elevation: -52 m

Maximum elevation: 3,553 m

From the centre to the Atlantic coast in the east, the landscape is dominated by plateaus. These plateaus are made up of basalt rock occur in stepped sequences. The plateaus are of different ages with the older –of Neogene and Paleogene age– being located at higher elevations than Pleistocene and Holocene lava plateaus and outcrops. There are isolated pockets of hills and depressions within this region. In Gran Bajo de San Julián, the Laguna del Carbón is 105 meters below sea level, and is the lowest point in the Western and Southern Hemispheres. On the Atlantic coast, it is characterised by cliffs.