Cabo de Hornos National Park

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Cabo de Hornos National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Satellital image of Hermite Islands
Satellital image of Hermite Islands
Location Magallanes Region, Chile
Nearest city Puerto Williams
Area 631 km²
Established 1945
Governing body Corporación Nacional Forestal

Cabo de Hornos National Park is located in the Cape Horn Archipelago, which belongs to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, in the Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region. It was created in 1945 and includes the Wollaston Archipelago and the Hermite Islands. The park covers 631 square kilometres.

It is the world's southernmost national park.[citation needed]

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