Las Guaitecas National Reserve
45°29′24″S 74°19′52″W / 45.4899°S 74.3311°W / -45.4899; -74.3311Area 10,979.75 km2 (4,239.31 sq mi) Designation National reserve Designated 1938 Governing body Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF)
Las Guaitecas National Reserve is a national reserve of southern Chile's Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region.[1]
It is one of the oldest protected green areas in the country. It covers an area of 1,097,975 hectares, including 40 islands and islets. The predominant vegetation is evergreen forest, in which three vegetational associations can be distinguished: evergreen forest with Chonos peat bogs, oceanic evergreen thickets, and Messier Channel evergreen swampy peat bogs and thickets.[2]
References
- ^ a b UNEP-WCMC (2023). Protected Area Profile for Las Guaitecas Archived 2023-05-01 at the Wayback Machine from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Res. Nacional Las Guaitecas". www.chileturistico.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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