Cueva de las Manos

cave with cave paintings in Santa Cruz, Argentina
Place cave_with_prehistoric_art Q223385
Cueva de las Manos
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Cueva de las Manos

Summary

Cueva de las Manos is a cave with prehistoric art[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of cave_with_prehistoric_art entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,009 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cueva de las Manos is located in Santa Cruz Province[3].
  • Cueva de las Manos is located in Lago Buenos Aires[4].
  • Cueva de las Manos is in the country of Argentina[5].
  • Cueva de las Manos is on the body of water Pinturas River[6].
  • Cueva de las Manos's instance of is recorded as cave with prehistoric art[7].
  • Cueva de las Manos's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[8].
  • Cueva de las Manos's instance of is recorded as cave[9].
  • Cueva de las Manos's depicts is recorded as prehistoric hand[10].
  • Cueva de las Manos's depicts is recorded as Prehistoric Animals[11].
  • Cueva de las Manos is made of ignimbrite[12].
  • Cueva de las Manos's Commons category is recorded as Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas[13].
  • Cueva de las Manos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -47.15, 'lon': -70.66666666666667}[14].
  • Cueva de las Manos's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Pinturas River Canyon[15].
  • Cueva de las Manos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas[16].
  • Cueva de las Manos's main subject is prehistoric hand[17].
  • Cueva de las Manos's Commons gallery is recorded as Cueva de las manos[18].
  • Cueva de las Manos's described at URL is recorded as https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/jaskyna-ruk/[19].
  • Cueva de las Manos's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+8000'}[20].
  • Cueva de las Manos's heritage designation is recorded as National historical monument of Argentina[21].
  • Cueva de las Manos's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[22].
  • Cueva de las Manos's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[23].
  • Cueva de las Manos's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cueva de las Manos'}[24].
  • Cueva de las Manos covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+600'}[25].
  • Cueva de las Manos covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+2331'}[26].
  • Cueva de las Manos's culture is recorded as Tehuelche[27].

Body

Geography

Cueva de las Manos is in the country of Argentina[5]. Located in include Santa Cruz Province[3], a province of Argentina[28], in Argentina[29], founded in 1955[30] and Lago Buenos Aires[4], a department of Argentina[31], in Argentina[32]. It is on the body of water Pinturas River[6].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+600'}[25] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+2331'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cave with prehistoric art[7], tourist attraction[8], and cave[9]. Heritage statuses include National historical monument of Argentina[21], World Heritage Site[22], and Tentative World Heritage Site[23].

Why It Matters

Cueva de las Manos ranks in the top 8% of cave_with_prehistoric_art entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,009 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . World Heritage Site. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . batimes.com.ar. batimes.com.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Academia.edu. monumentos.cultura.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . World Heritage Site. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Tentative World Heritage Site. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . World Heritage Site. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . World Heritage Site. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country Argentina
    Director of archaeological fieldwork Carlos J. Gradin
    Coordinates
    Main subject prehistoric hand
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/jaskyna-ruk/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn a"
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