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Puerto Madryn is protected by the Golfo Nuevo, which is formed by the Península Valdés and the Punta Ninfas. It is an important centre for tourists visiting the natural attractions of the Península Valdés and the coast.
The name of the city conmemorates Love Jones Parry, one of the colonizers of Patagonia. The toponym originated around 1863, when Love Jones Parry, along with Lewis Jones travelled to Patagonia aboard Candelaría to decide whether that region was adequate for a Welsh colony.
El Tehuelche Airport is located 10 km (6 miles) northwest of the city centre. Commercial flights from Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, and other Argentinian cities are available. Most tourists fly into Trelew Airport as flights into Puerto Madryn are restricted as a result of environmental concerns.
The town was founded on 28 July 1865, when 150 Welsh immigrants arriving aboard the clipperMimosa named the natural port Porth Madryn in honour of Sir Love Jones-Parry, whose estate in Wales was called Madryn after the Welsh name for Saint Materiana. Conditions were difficult and the settlers had to dig irrigation ditches for their first crops.[7]
The settlement grew as a result of the building of the Central Chubut Railway by Welsh, Spanish, and Italian immigrants. This line, opened in 1889, linked the town to Trelew via the lower Chubut River valley.[8]
^The record highs and lows are based on the Secretaria de Mineria link for the period 1901–1950 while records beyond 1982 come from the Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario link which covers from 1990–present and data from Centro Nacional Patagónico which covers 1982–2001.
^Williams, Glyn (1975). The desert and the dream: A study of Welsh colonization in Chubut 1865–1915. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 82. ISBN0-7083-0579-2.
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