Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass
{{Short description|Mountain pass on the border between Argentina and Chile}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Cardenal Antonio Samoré
| photo = Paso_Puyehue.JPG
| photo_caption = View of the pass during winter
| elevation_m = 1314
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| traversed =
| location = Argentina–Chile border
| range = Andes
| coordinates = {{coord|40|42|S|71|56|W|type:pass|display=inline,title}}
| topo =
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Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass ({{langx|es|Paso Cardenal Antonio Samoré}}) is one of the main mountain passes through the southern Andes along the border between Argentina and Chile.
Together with Paso Libertadores, it is one of the easiest of the Argentina-Chile passes, and one of the few with asphalted roads in the region. The main towns and cities respectively on both sides of the pass are Entre Lagos and Osorno in Chile and Villa La Angostura and San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina. From the Chilean side the pass is accessed through Route 215-CH, branch line which begins at the Panamerican Highway in Osorno. On the Argentine side the pass is reached by Ruta Nacional 231.
Since 1974 there is a treaty that guarantee the transport of Chilean goods from the Chilean X Los Lagos Region to the XII Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region over the Paso Samoré through the Argentine Patagonia.Article [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1394764-disputa-con-chile-por-la-reapertura-del-paso-samore Disputa con Chile por la reapertura del paso Samoré] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516154332/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1394764-disputa-con-chile-por-la-reapertura-del-paso-samore |date=2016-05-16 }} in the Argentine newspaper "La Nación on 4. August 2011, retrieved on 4. August 2011
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Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Cerro Mirador, Elevation: 1261 m (1997–2020)
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|metric first = yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 31.9
|Feb record high C = 32.9
|Mar record high C = 28.2
|Apr record high C = 27.0
|May record high C = 22.8
|Jun record high C = 17.0
|Jul record high C = 14.1
|Aug record high C = 18.0
|Sep record high C = 21.4
|Oct record high C = 25.3
|Nov record high C = 26.2
|Dec record high C = 32.8
|year record high C = 32.9
|Jan high C = 16.1
|Feb high C = 16.3
|Mar high C = 13.5
|Apr high C = 10.0
|May high C = 6.7
|Jun high C = 3.4
|Jul high C = 3.1
|Aug high C = 3.8
|Sep high C = 5.7
|Oct high C = 8.2
|Nov high C = 10.9
|Dec high C = 13.7
|year high C = 9.3
|Jan mean C = 10.8
|Feb mean C = 11.0
|Mar mean C = 8.5
|Apr mean C = 5.8
|May mean C = 3.4
|Jun mean C = 1.0
|Jul mean C = 0.2
|Aug mean C = 1.0
|Sep mean C = 2.1
|Oct mean C = 4.0
|Nov mean C = 6.2
|Dec mean C = 8.8
|year mean C = 5.2
|Jan low C = 5.2
|Feb low C = 5.5
|Mar low C = 3.9
|Apr low C = 2.1
|May low C = 0.7
|Jun low C = -1.3
|Jul low C = -2.3
|Aug low C = -1.9
|Sep low C = -1.2
|Oct low C = 0.1
|Nov low C = 1.6
|Dec low C = 3.7
|year low C = 1.3
|Jan record low C = -3.3
|Feb record low C = -2.0
|Mar record low C = -2.8
|Apr record low C = -6.8
|May record low C = -8.4
|Jun record low C = -11.5
|Jul record low C = -13.0
|Aug record low C = -11.1
|Sep record low C = -11.3
|Oct record low C = -9.0
|Nov record low C = -5.6
|Dec record low C = -3.3
|year record low C = -13.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 188
|Feb precipitation mm = 156
|Mar precipitation mm = 193
|Apr precipitation mm = 321
|May precipitation mm = 447
|Jun precipitation mm = 608
|Jul precipitation mm = 545
|Aug precipitation mm = 539
|Sep precipitation mm = 320
|Oct precipitation mm = 303
|Nov precipitation mm = 285
|Dec precipitation mm = 266
|year precipitation mm = 4171
|source 1 = AIC{{cite web
| url = https://www.aic.gov.ar/sitio/publicaciones-todas
| title = Informes de Hidrometeorología AIC
| publisher = Autoridad Interjurisdiccional de las Cuencas de los ríos Limay, Neuquén y Negro (AIC)
| language = Spanish}}
}}
History
It is named after Cardinal Antonio Samorè, who mediated in the Beagle conflict between Chile and Argentina from 1978 to 1983. Operation Soberanía, the Argentine invasion plan, considered an offensive of the Third Army Corps under command of Luciano Benjamín Menéndez through Samoré Pass to seize Los Lagos Region.
Before it was renamed, it was known as Paso Puyehue after Puyehue Lake.
References
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{{Mountain Passes of the Andes}}
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Category:Mountain passes of Chile
Category:Mountain passes of Argentina
Category:Mountain passes of the Andes
Category:Landforms of Los Lagos Region
Category:Landforms of Neuquén Province
Category:Argentina–Chile border crossings
Category:Transport in Los Lagos Region
Category:Nahuel Huapi National Park
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