Port Belgrano Naval Base

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Port Belgrano Naval Base
Punta Alta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Near Bahia Blanca
Aerial view of Puerto Belgrano, 1943
Port Belgrano Naval Base Location in Argentina
Coordinates	38°53′13″S 62°05′52″W / 38.88694°S 62.09778°W / -38.88694; -62.09778
Type	Naval base
Area	122 hectares (300 acres)
Site information
Operator	Argentine Navy
Condition	Operational
Site history
Built	1896 (1896)
In use	1896 – present

Port Belgrano Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about 560 km (348 mi) south of Buenos Aires. It is named after the brigantine General Belgrano (named after Manuel Belgrano) which sounded the area in late 1824.

Home of the Argentine Seas Fleet ((in Spanish) Flota de Mar), it concentrates the major ships and arsenals; and is close to the main bases of other Argentine Navy organisations: Marine's camp Baterías and Naval aviation's air base Comandante Espora (Spanish: Base Aeronaval Comandante Espora - BACE) .