It is located in the Primavera commune in the Magallanes Region, in the northern part of Tierra del Fuego, about 125 km from Porvenir.

It was founded in 1958 as a residential and services centre for the national Petroleum Company (ENAP) in Tierra del Fuego, with over 150 dwellings, a gym, swimming pool, bowling alley, botanical garden, movie theatre, church, hospital, warehouses, supermarket, restaurant, lodgings and gas station, in addition to the ENAP offices.

Numerous species of birds can be observed in the area, including two kinds of sheldgoose, the cauquén colorado (ruddy-headed goose) and piuquén (also known as the ganso cordillerano or Andean goose), the pato juarjual,[5] a kind of crested duck, the Chilean pintail, the coscoroba swan, the black-necked swan, and the Chilean flamingo.

Migratory species also nest in the area, including the bandurria (black-faced ibis) and the queltehue (southern lapwing).

Some come only in the summer, including the chorlo (rufous-chested plover), the playero (dunlin) and the falaropo picofino (red-necked phalarope).