Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument
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| Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument | |
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| IUCN Category III (Natural Monument) | |
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| Location | Magallanes Region, Chile |
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| Governing body | Corporación Nacional Forestal |
Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, 24 km northwest of Puerto Natales and 270 km north of Punta Arenas. It comprises three caves and a rocky formation called Silla de Diablo (Devil's Chair).
The monument is notable for the discovery in 1896 of skin, bones and other parts of a giant ground sloth called Mylodon (Mylodon darwini).
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