The Alberto de Agostini National Park(Parque Nacional Alberto de Agostini) is a large national park in the south Chile and is managed by the Chilean Forest Service Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF).
background
He is in the Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena of the country in the province of Antártica Chilena and covers an area of 14,600 km². It is named after the missionary and researcher Alberto Maria De Agostini.
The park, founded in 1985, is located about 80 km south of Porvenir. Here are the huge calving glaciers De Agostini and Marinelli. The park covers practically the entire southwest Tierra del Fuego. It includes the entire Cordillera Darwin mountain range with its highest mountain Cerro Darwin (2,488 m).
Together with the Cape Horn National Park the Alberto de Agostini National Park has been part of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve.
history
landscape
The park's coastline is very rugged. In its center lies the Cordillera Darwinwhose slopes drop steeply to the sea. It is dominated by the 1 Monte Darwin
(2,438 m) and from 2 Monte Sarmiento (2,246 m). Many valleys and plateaus are covered by glaciers, they have shaped the landscape. The 3 Beagle Channel
extends between the main island of Tierra del Fuego and the islands 4 Hoste and 5 Gordon as well as several smaller islands.
Flora and fauna
The flora and fauna of the park are shaped by its sub-Antarctic climate. A total of 49 bird species have been detected, even if Andean jackal and Argentine battle fox roam the area. In its waters live among others. White-bellied dolphin and peale dolphin, sea lions and sea otters. Leopard seals, maned seals and southern elephant seals can be seen on the coast.
climate
The climate has a sub-polar character, it is cold, humid and windy.
getting there
- with a Supply ship of Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams
- Ferries from Ushuaia to Porvenir and back
- From Ushuaia to Puerto Montt
- Tours by catamaran or sailing ship through the Beagle Channel
Fees / permits
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The piece of the Beagle Channel between the island of Gordon and the main island of Tierra del Fuego is called the Glacier avenue designated.
- 6 Glaciar Holanda
- 7 Glaciar Italia
- Francia Glacier
- 8 Glaciar Alemania
- 9 Glaciar Romanche
- Glaciar Pia
- Glaciar Espana
