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[[Image:ArcodelOeste.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Arco del Oeste]]
[[File:ArcodelOeste-GTASA.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Arco del Oeste]]
'''Arco del Oeste''' is a rock formation in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] at the northwestern edge of [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]], just south of [[Valle Ocultado]] and west of [[Las Brujas]] and [[El Castillo del Diablo]]. It juts into [[Sherman Reservoir]], providing pristine views of nearby [[Sherman Dam]] to the south, and features a [[wp:natural arch|natural arch]] and a [[wp:mesa|mesa]], an abandoned mining facility, wooden shacks to the top, and a small dock on the southwestern side.
'''Arco del Oeste''' is a rock formation in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] at the northwestern edge of [[Bone County]], [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]], just south of [[Valle Ocultado]] and west of [[Las Brujas]] and [[El Castillo del Diablo]]. It juts into [[Sherman Reservoir]], providing pristine views of nearby [[Sherman Dam]] to the south, and features a [[:wp:natural arch|natural arch]] and a [[:wp:mesa|mesa]], an abandoned mining facility, wooden shacks to the top, and a small dock on the southwestern side.


Its name translates roughly from Spanish as ''Arc of the West'', apparently taking its name from its natural arch and location towards neighboring [[Tierra Robada]].
Its name translates roughly from Spanish as ''Arc of the West'', apparently taking its name from its natural arch and location towards neighboring [[Tierra Robada]].


== Prominent appearances in missions ==
== Prominent appearances in missions ==
[[Image:ArcodelOeste-GTASA-mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The abandoned mine at the top of Arco del Oeste, which runoff (towards the left) is designed ideally to serve as a ramp for stunt jumps.]]
[[File:ArcodelOeste-GTASA-mine.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The abandoned mine at the top of Arco del Oeste, which runoff (towards the left) is designed ideally to serve as a ramp for stunt jumps.]]


* Arco del Oeste is the primary location of [[Interdiction|a mission]] for [[Mike Toreno]], in which [[Carl Johnson]] shoots down numerous helicopters from atop the rock formation using a [[Rocket Launcher|rocket launcher]] to keep a cargo helicopter safe.
* Arco del Oeste is the primary location of [[Interdiction|a mission]] for [[Mike Toreno]], in which [[Carl Johnson]] shoots down numerous helicopters from atop the rock formation using a [[Rocket Launcher|rocket launcher]] to keep a cargo helicopter safe.
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* It is featured once again in the [[Las Venturas]] strand of missions, wherein Carl is tasked yet again by The Truth to [[Don Peyote|rescue two drug addled people]], later named as [[Kent Paul]] and [[Maccer]].
* It is featured once again in the [[Las Venturas]] strand of missions, wherein Carl is tasked yet again by The Truth to [[Don Peyote|rescue two drug addled people]], later named as [[Kent Paul]] and [[Maccer]].


==Stationary vehicles==
== Stationary vehicles ==
*[[Kart]] - Inside one of the shacks (upon completion of [[Cut Throat Business]])
* [[Kart]] - Inside one of the shacks (upon completion of [[Cut Throat Business]])


==Pickups==
== Pickups ==
*[[Parachute]] - Inside one of the shacks
* [[Parachute]] - Inside one of the shacks


==Other==
== Other ==
*One [[Unique Stunt Jumps in GTA San Andreas|unique stunt jump]]
* One [[Unique Stunt Jumps in GTA San Andreas|unique stunt jump]]


{{GTASA Rural Areas}}
{{GTASA Rural Areas}}
[[Category:Locations in GTA San Andreas]]
 
[[Category:Locations in San Andreas in GTA III Era]]
[[Category:Places in Bone County]]
[[Category:Places in Bone County]]

Latest revision as of 13:59, 9 August 2012

Arco del Oeste

Arco del Oeste is a rock formation in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas at the northwestern edge of Bone County, San Andreas, just south of Valle Ocultado and west of Las Brujas and El Castillo del Diablo. It juts into Sherman Reservoir, providing pristine views of nearby Sherman Dam to the south, and features a natural arch and a mesa, an abandoned mining facility, wooden shacks to the top, and a small dock on the southwestern side.

Its name translates roughly from Spanish as Arc of the West, apparently taking its name from its natural arch and location towards neighboring Tierra Robada.

Prominent appearances in missions

The abandoned mine at the top of Arco del Oeste, which runoff (towards the left) is designed ideally to serve as a ramp for stunt jumps.

Stationary vehicles

Pickups

Other