The town is bordered by its sister communities of San Antonio Este , to the east, and Las Grutas , to the southwest. Anthony of Padua. Water scarcity led the original settlement to fail in , leading the community to settle west of the gulf, in what today is San Antonio Oeste.
The arrival of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway in its expansion towards Bariloche in led to the hamlet's growth.
It later became the site of Punta Verde , the leading port for the large wool export industry of Patagonia , though the collapse in the wool market during the s and s led to the port's closure in San Antonio Oeste benefited afterwards from a growth in tourism in nearby Las Grutas , a scenic cove known for its grottoes. Since , it has also been home to a growing fishing industry , resulting from the opening of a deep-water port in San Antonio Este.
Winters are characterized with cool temperatures during the day and very cold nights. Spring and fall are transition seasons featuring mild daytime temperatures and cool nighttime temperatures. Autumn starts out warm but increasingly becomes cooler in April and May with the frosts that can occur as early as March Summers are hot during the day while nighttime temperatures are mild.
San Antonio Oeste is windy throughout the year with mean wind speeds ranging from a low of Situated in the east coast of northern Patagonia , the annual daily mean in San Antonio Oeste is of From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. San Antonio Oeste. Earth Syst. Retrieved June 19, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
