Patagonia National Park (Chile)

Patagonia National Park
Lago Verde, Sector Jeinimeni, Patagonia National Park
Map showing the location of Patagonia National Park
Map showing the location of Patagonia National Park
Location of Patagonia National Park in Chile
LocationAysén Region, Chile
Coordinates47°07′06″S 72°29′05″W / 47.11833°S 72.48472°W / -47.11833; -72.48472
Area3,045.28 km2 (1,175.79 sq mi)
DesignationNational park
Designated2018
Governing bodyNational Forest Corporation (CONAF)
Hiking along the Aviles Valley Trail, Patagonia National Park

Patagonia National Park (Spanish: Parque Patagonia) Is a National Park in Chile with a natural path where people formally walk on tracks


The park was created by Conservacion Patagonica, a nonprofit founded with the intent of protecting Patagonia's wildlands aneaming: Kris Tompkins Works to Build the Best National Park". Bradford Wieners. Bloomberg. April 23, 2014. [is Tompkins]], President of Tompkins Conservation, signed a decree creating 5 national parks, one of which was Patagonia National Park. Parque Patagonia was gifted to the Chilean state and combined with Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve, Lago Cochrane National Reserve, and other additional lands to form Patagonia National Park, with a combined area of 260,000 hectares (640,000 acres).[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ UNEP-WCMC (2022).2022. [1]
  2. ^ "With 10 Million Acres in Patagonia, a National Park System is Born". Pascale Bonnefoy. The New York Times. February 19, 2018. [2]
  3. ^ "Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation". Jonathan Franklin. The Guardian. January 29, 2018. [3]
  4. ^ "Chile Adds 10 Million Acres of Parkland in Historic First". Elizabeth Royte and Michael Greshko. National Geographic. January 29, 2018. [4]
  5. ^ "President of Chile and CEO of Tompkins Conservation sign decrees creating 10 million acres of new national parks". Patagon Journal. January 29, 2018. [5]