La Campana National Park

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

La Campana National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Ocoa palm forest
Location	Valparaíso Region, Chile
Nearest city	Olmué
Coordinates	32°55′00″S 71°09′00″W / -32.916667, -71.15
Area	80 km²
Established	1967
Governing body	Corporación Nacional Forestal

La Campana National Park is located in the Cordillera de la Costa, Quillota Province, in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. This national park covers about 80 square kilometres and is home to one of the last palm forests of Jubaea chilensis (Chilean Wine Palm). Another attraction is the Cerro La Campana, which gives the name to the park. In 1834 Charles Darwin climbed this mountain, during The Voyage of the Beagle.

[edit] See also

• La Campana-Peñuelas Biosphere Reserve

[edit] External links

• Mediterranean Region and La Campana National Park, Chile
• http://www.parquelacampana.cl

v • d • e National Parks of Chile Alberto de Agostini | Alerce Andino | Archipiélago de Juan Fernández | Bernardo O'Higgins | Bosque de Fray Jorge | Cabo de Hornos | Chiloé | Conguillío | Corcovado | Hornopirén | Huerquehue | Isla Guamblin | Isla Magdalena | La Campana | Laguna del Laja | Laguna San Rafael | Las Palmas de Cocalán | Lauca | Llanos de Challes | Llullaillaco | Nahuelbuta | Nevado Tres Cruces | Pali Aike | Pan de Azúcar | Puyehue | Queulat | Rapa Nui | Tolhuaca | Torres del Paine | Vicente Pérez Rosales | Villarrica | Volcán Isluga