Country: | CHL |
Image Notes: | Route 9 crossing Patagonian grasslands near Cerro Castillo. |
Type: | CH |
Route: | 9 |
right|thumb|250px|View of the village of Morro Chico halfway between Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas. The road in picture is Route 9-CHThe Chilean highway Route 9 (9-CH) runs from the Brunswick Peninsula south of Punta Arenas north to Paso Baguales Oriental at the border with Argentina in Torres del Paine commune. Route 9-CH is the main highway of Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, and to travel between Route 9-CH and Chilean highways north of Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region vehicles have to pass through Argentina.
During the White Earthquake of 1995 a number of cars and two buses with passengers were trapped in the snow along the route.[1] [2]