It is named after Cardinal
Antonio Samorè, who mediated in the
Beagle conflict between Chile and Argentina from 1978 to 1983.
Operation Soberanía, the Argentine invasion plan, considered an offensive of the
Third Army Corps under command of
Luciano Benjamín Menéndez through Samoré Pass to seize
Los Lagos Region. Before it was renamed, it was known as
Paso Puyehue after
Puyehue Lake. ==References==