Las Toninas
| Las Toninas | |
|---|---|
|
Las Toninas Maze | |
| Coordinates: 36°29′S 56°42′W / 36.483°S 56.700°WCoordinates: 36°29′S 56°42′W / 36.483°S 56.700°W | |
| Country |
 Argentina |
| Province |
 Buenos Aires |
| Partido | La Costa |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2001 census [INDEC]) | |
| • Total | 3,550 |
| CPA Base | B 7106 |
| Area code(s) | +54 2246 |
| Website | http://lacosta.gob.ar/lugares_interes?localidad=5496 |
Las Toninas is a town in La Costa Partido of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Overview
Founded in 1960, Las Toninas was christened in honor of the Commerson's dolphin (known locally as a tonina). The shore had been the site of a shipwreck in 1883 of a commercial vessel registered in the British Empire, whose captain settled nearby and established the Estancia Los Ingleses.[1]
The shore at Las Toninas is distinguishable from its sister communities' by the extensive growth of tamarix bushes. These were used to create a hedge maze as a tourist attraction, and the 6,400 m² (16,000 ft²) maze is touted locally as the nation's largest.[2]
Las Toninas is also known as the "Fiber Optical Capital" in Argentina; because it is the single point where submarine optical fiber networks reach Argentina via several landing cable stations, by companies such as Level 3 (with its SAC ring), TIWS (Atlantis 2), Telecom-Antel (Bicentenario cable system), and Telefónica (SAM 1). The town was chosen because its coastline was not as rocky as others in the region.[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ Viajo por Argentina: Ruta Provincial 11 (Spanish)
- ↑ "Crónica de una visita al laberinto de Las Toninas (Argentina) (Chonical of a visit to the Las Toninas Maze)" (in Spanish). October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
- ↑ Bederman, Uriel (4 June 2015). "Las Toninas: la puerta submarina por la que el país se conecta a Internet". La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015.