You are here:
  1. Homepage
  2. »
  3. Uruguay
  4. »
  5. Cerro Largo
  6. » Melo
Uruguay Flag Icon

Melo Destination Guide

Discover Melo in Uruguay

Melo in the region of Cerro Largo with its 51,023 habitants is a place located in Uruguay - some 205 mi or ( 330 km ) North-East of Montevideo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Melo

Local time in Melo is now 02:48 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Montevideo " with a UTC offset of -2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: La Plata, Treinta y Tres, Tacuarembó, Salto, and Rivera. When in this area, you might want to check out La Plata . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Melo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.


Interesting facts about this location

Estadio Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla

Estadio Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla is a multi-use stadium in Melo, Uruguay. It is currently used primarily for football matches and serves as the home stadium for Cerro Largo FC of the Primera División Uruguaya. The stadium holds 9,000 spectators.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -32.36 -54.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Football venues in Uruguay

Cerro Largo Department

Cerro Largo Department is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Melo. It is located in the east of the country, bordering Brazil to its northeast with Río Yaguaron as the natural border, Treinta y Tres Department to its south, Durazno Department to its west and the departments of Tacuarembó and Rivera to its northwest with Río Negro as its natural border with them.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -32.38 -54.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Cerro Largo Department, Departments of Uruguay, States and territories established in 1821

Posta del Chuy

The old Posta del Chuy is a historic inn situated 12 kilometres away from Melo, Cerro Largo, Uruguay.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -32.38 -54.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Uruguay, Cerro Largo Department, Tourism in Uruguay

Mangrullo Formation

The Mangrullo Formation is a Lower Permian fossil locality in northeastern Uruguay. Some authors alternatively group it together with the Paso Aguiar Formation and the Fraile Muerto Formation as the three subdivisions of the Melo Formation, in which case it is referred to as the Mangrullo Member. Like the correlated formations of Iratí and Whitehill, it is known for its abundant mesosaur fossils.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -32.22 -54.11 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Geology of Uruguay, Lagerstätten, Paleontological sites of South America, Permian paleontological sites