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On the other side naming the trail after the Andes like "Andes Trail" would be a huge exaggeration because the trail spans only a smaller part of this 7000 km long mountain range.
Naming the trail after Patagonia like "Patagonian Trail" would be incorrect, because most of the trail is actually not located in Patagonia at least when applying the traditional limits of this region. Most of the trail is on the Chilean side where only the regions Aysén and Magallanes are traditonally considered part of Patagonia. In comparison on the Argentine side Patagonia reaches much further north to the Río Colorado which has its spring near the Laguna del Maule (Latitude where section 1 ends and section 2 starts).
To be precise and well descriptive at the same time I decided to use the geographic term "Greater Patagonia" that includes Patagonia in its traditional limits and the surrounding area like "Greater London" includes the city of London and the surroundings. On the Argentine side Patagonia reaches much further north than on the Chilean side and has it's traditional limit at the Río Colorado which has its spring near the Laguna del Maule. This is the approximate latitude where section 1 ends and section 2 starts. So "Greater Patagonia" applies very well to the entire trail because all parts of the route are located at least 100 km within the traditional limits of Patagonia.
The name "Greater Patagonian Trail" seams a good choise because:
* with more than 1300 km length it’s a greater trail than all other published trail trails in Patagonia,
* the trail is without doubt a great trail in beauty and diversity,
* the trail is located completely within "Greater Patagonia",