Chile Route 9

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Route 9
Ruta 9
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Route 9 crossing Patagonian grasslands near Cerro Castillo.
Location
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Highway system
View of the village of Morro Chico halfway between Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas. The road in picture is Route 9-CH

The 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]

  1. ^ A 24 años del terremoto blanco, que dejó una mortandad de 176 mil ovinos Archived 2020-06-24 at the Wayback Machine. Prensa Austral, 11 de agosto de 2019. Consultado el 23 de junio de 2020.
  2. ^ "La Armada de Chile a 25 años del "Terremoto Blanco"". armada.cl (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. 2020-08-14. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-02-23.