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La Portada Natural Monument - Antofagasta Chile
Located north of the city of Antofagaasta National Monument The home is located in the middle of the sea, becoming one favorite attraction for tourists.
Located 50 meters above sea level, this relief formed by volcanic rock dating back over a hundred million years before Christ, covers an area of \u200b\u200b31.27 hectares.
The home owes its name to the sea transgressions and regressions due to the lifting of the offshore platform, which eroded the coast and relief. This also led to what today is an incredible visual picture, inserted in the waters unsuitable for swimming.
National Monument can be appreciated from a viewpoint that also offers catering services for visitors.
The National Park Torres del Paine is one of the components of National System of Protected Areas of the State of Chile . In 2006, covered an area of \u200b\u200b242,242 has about. It is one of the largest parks in the country and one of the most important. It is the third most visits, of which about 75% are foreign tourists, especially Europeans.
National Park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 of the city of Punta Arenas . It is one of the eleven existing protected areas in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena (along with four other national parks, three national reserves and three national monuments). Overall, the protected areas cover 51% of the surface of the region (6,728,744 ha). Bordered on the north by the Glacier National Park in Argentina .
The park was created on May 13, 1959. In 1977, Guido Monzino donated 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) to the Government of Chile, and settled definite limits. [ a ] Unesco declared it a Biosphere Reserve the April 28, 1978.
The park has a variety of natural environments: mountains (among which the complex of Cerro Paine, whose main peak reaches 3,050 meters , the Torres del Paine and Horns of Paine ) valleys, rivers (such as Paine River), lakes (known as highlighting Grey, Pehoé , Nordenskjöld and Sarmiento ) glaciers (Grey , Pingo , Tyndall and Geikie, belonging to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field ).
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La Portada Natural Monument - Antofagasta Chile
Located north of the city of Antofagaasta National Monument The home is located in the middle of the sea, becoming one favorite attraction for tourists.
Located 50 meters above sea level, this relief formed by volcanic rock dating back over a hundred million years before Christ, covers an area of \u200b\u200b31.27 hectares.
The home owes its name to the sea transgressions and regressions due to the lifting of the offshore platform, which eroded the coast and relief. This also led to what today is an incredible visual picture, inserted in the waters unsuitable for swimming.
National Monument can be appreciated from a viewpoint that also offers catering services for visitors.
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| Torres del Paine. Chile | | | |
National Park is located 112 km north of Puerto Natales and 312 of the city of Punta Arenas . It is one of the eleven existing protected areas in Magallanes and Antártica Chilena (along with four other national parks, three national reserves and three national monuments). Overall, the protected areas cover 51% of the surface of the region (6,728,744 ha). Bordered on the north by the Glacier National Park in Argentina .
The park was created on May 13, 1959. In 1977, Guido Monzino donated 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) to the Government of Chile, and settled definite limits. [ a ] Unesco declared it a Biosphere Reserve the April 28, 1978.
The park has a variety of natural environments: mountains (among which the complex of Cerro Paine, whose main peak reaches 3,050 meters , the Torres del Paine and Horns of Paine ) valleys, rivers (such as Paine River), lakes (known as highlighting Grey, Pehoé , Nordenskjöld and Sarmiento ) glaciers (Grey , Pingo , Tyndall and Geikie, belonging to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field ).
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| Torres del Paine, Chile |
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