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A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by Water everywhere except for one. of certain narrowness, known as isthmus and that will be the one that fulfills the function of joining it to another portion of land that has a greater extension, generally a continent.

As it is the only land route that joins the two portions of land in question, its control is usually represent, for those who hold it or would like to do so, a very strategic military and commercial value important. Traditionally, these territorial strips have known to have a remarkable importance.

There are a significant number of peninsulas on earth, even more, each of the continents has some and some with several.

Among the best known worldwide, especially for be part of the list of the seven heritages of the humanity declared by UNESCO, stands out the Peninsula of Valdés, which stands on the Argentine Sea that belongs to the Province from Chubut de la Republic Argentina. Its appearance is almost rectangular and it is connected to the American continent through the Carlos Ameghino isthmus.

The Valdés Peninsula has an area of ​​3,625 square kilometers and stands out for presenting two large recesses that had their origin in tectonic movements, meanwhile, another of its great peculiarities and curiosities, we find it in the weather you observe: very cold during the winter, below five degrees low zero, but in summerUnlike many regions in southern Argentina, it tends to be very hot, having reached 45 degrees last year at the behest of New Year's Eve.