Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass
The pass road in winter
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The Paso Cardenal Fronterizo Samoré is one of the main road passes in the southern Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile.
In addition to the Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, it is one of the easiest-to -propelled Andean passes between the two States and one of the few paved pass roads in the region. On the western side in the Chile Osorno branching from the Ruta Panamericana 215- CH leads to the pass, on the eastern side runs the Argentine Ruta Nacional 231 San Carlos de Bariloche Villa La Angostura to the border. The pass is just over 1300 m above sea level, where the data between 1305 m and 1314 m fluctuate.
The pass is used by about half a million people and around 31,000 trucks per year to cross the border between Chile and Argentina. A concluded between the two countries in 1974 contract guarantees the transport of Chilean goods from the Región de los Lagos on the road and pass through the Argentine part of Patagonia, the Chilean Magallanes y Antártica Chilena de la. Crossing the border is subject to inspection by the Policía de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI ) and the Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina.
History
The pass road has its present name after Cardinal Antonio Samore, who mediated from 1978 to 1983 in the Beagle conflict between Chile and Argentina. Argentina was planning at the time, with surgery Soberanía by the III. Army Corps to cross the pass of Luciano Benjamín Menéndez under command and capture the Region de los Lagos.
Prior to renaming the pass Paso Puyehue in Chile as it was known, the Argentines knew him as El Rincón.
After the eruption of the volcano Puyehue - Cordón Caulle in June 2011, the pass road for two months has been locked.
After a fire in the terminal building on the Chilean side on 31 December 2012 the pass for the traffic was completely blocked.