Isla Apipé or Isla Apipé Grande is an

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island about 25 km long in the

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below the Argentine city of

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, very marginally within the

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, divided by river and a thin strip of variable marsh depending on the season.

Geography

Isla Apipé is part of

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, separated from the rest of the province by a channel of the Paraná River and marsh up to the mean high water mark along a longer strip of the

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belonging to Paraguay, a country which otherwise commences on the other side of the island. The island and three smaller notable, permanent islands are surrounded by Paraguay — being

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s and enclaves. The other islands are the Isla Apipé Chico, Isla Los Patos and Isla San Martín. In order, the four islands measure about 276, 23.8, 11.8 and 3.7 km².

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