Carmelo is a city located in the department of Colonia of western Uruguay, noted for its wineries.
Population: 16,921
Latitude: -34° 00' 0.83" S
Longitude: -58° 17' 2.47" W
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land which is totally surrounded by a foreign territory. An exclave is a piece of land which is politically attached to a larger piece but not physically conterminous with it because of surrounding fo…
Martín García Island (Spanish: Isla Martín García) is an island in the Río de la Plata. The island is in Uruguayan waters but in 1973 Uruguay and Argentina reached an agreement establishing Martín García as Argentine territory and nature reserve. Th…
Nueva Palmira is a city in Colonia Department in south-western Uruguay.
The naval Battle of Juncal took place between a squadron of the newly independent United Provinces of the River Plate under command of William Brown and a squadron belonging to the Brazilian Empire, commanded by Sena Pereira.
The Battle of Martín García was fought from 10 to 15 March 1814 between the forces of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of then-Lieutenant Colonel Guillermo Brown, and the royalist forces commanded by frigate captain Jaci…
Martin Garcia Island Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de la Isla Martín García) (ICAO: SAAK) is the airport of Isla Martín García, a small Argentine island at the head of the Río de la Plata estuary, near the coast of Uruguay.
Juncal Island is an island belonging to Uruguay, located where the Uruguay River empties into the Rio de la Plata, a bit above the Uruguayan town of Carmelo. It is separated from Uruguay by the Canal (channel or straight) de Camacho.