Punta Rasa
Punta Rasa is a natural point on the coast of San Clemente del Tuyú, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina — roughly where the Río de la Plata meets the Atlantic Ocean. It sits at the southern tip of Bahía Samborombón: estuary flats on one side, open sea on the other.
That meeting of river and ocean creates an uncommon landscape. Mudflats and marshes appear and disappear with the tide. Migratory shorebirds stop here by the tens of thousands after journeys spanning the Americas. It is one of the few places on this coast where you can watch the sun rise over the sea and set over the river.
Nearby stands Faro San Antonio, lit since 1892. For more than a century its light has marked safe passage for ships navigating the approaches to the bay — a fixed reference in waters that shift with weather, current, and sand.
Together, the point, the estuary, and the lighthouse form a single idea of place: a threshold between systems, rich with life, and oriented by a signal meant to guide.