Show laud land of big feet patagonia is a little known region with a familiar name the so called patagonian area constitutes the tail of the south american continent long contested between chile and argentina this area was finally divided between those countries in 1881 the argentine section lies east of the andes south of the central plains it includes the three continental territories ri of rio negro chabut and santa cruz and is some square miles in area according to some authorities the name patagonia which means land of the big feet was given the area by early explorers who were amazed at the size of footprints of aboriginal indians found there |