Pico River | |
Name Other: | Río Pico[1] |
Subdivision Type1: | Countries |
Source1 Location: | Andes, Patagonia, Argentina |
Source1 Coordinates: | -44.1992°N -71.2861°W |
Mouth: | Figueroa River |
Mouth Location: | El Manzanito, Chile |
Mouth Coordinates: | -44.2181°N -71.9569°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 400m (1,300feet) |
Tributaries Left: | Río Tromencó, Río de las Mulas, Río Campamento, Río Blanco O Pildoras |
Tributaries Right: | Río Justino, Pampa River, Nevados River |
The Pico River is a binational river of Patagonian Argentina and Chile. It is a tributary of the Figueroa River which it enters near El Manzanito in Chile. The Pico Rivers arises at the confluence of the Río Tromencó and the Río de las Mulas in Tehuelches Department, Chubut Province, Argentina, about 5.5km (03.4miles) east-southeast of the village of Río Pico and about 40km (30miles) east of the Chilean border. The river was named in honour of the engineer Octavio Pico y Burgess (1837–1892), who headed the Boundary Commission that settled the border conflict between Argentina and Chile.[2]