Huerquehue National Park

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Huerquehue National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Laguna Los Patos and Monkey-puzzle trees on the Three Lakes Hiking Trail.
Location:	Araucanía Region, Chile
Nearest city:	Pucón
Coordinates:	39°08′19″S, 71°39′59″W
Area:	125 km²
Established:	1967
Governing body:	Corporación Nacional Forestal

Darwin's Frog, Lake El Toro.

Huerquehue National Park is located in the Andes, in the Araucanía Region of Chile, near Caburga Lake. The park encompasses 125 square kilometres of mountainous terrain. It has an elevation range from 720 to 2,000 m asl.

One of the most noteworthy features of the park are its millenarian forests of Araucarias.

[edit] References

• (Spanish) Parque Nacional Huerquehue
• World Database on Protected Areas entry

[edit] External links

• Photo Gallery

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