🦎 Tantauco Park

Chile · Oceania · Nature Reserve · 43.21°S, 74.19°W

Tantauco Park is a 1,180 km2 (456 sq mi) private natural reserve on the south end of Chiloé Island in Chile. The park was created by Chilean business magnate and later President of Chile Sebastián Piñera in 2005 in order to protect 118,000 hectares of the region's unique ecosystem. Piñera owns the foundation Fundación Cultura y Sociedad, which runs the park. The park is open to the public with two campgrounds and a 150 km (93 mi) network of hiking trails.

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Quick facts

Country	Chile
Continent / region	Oceania
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	43.21°S, 74.19°W · view on map

Tantauco Park is a nature reserve in Chile, in Oceania. The details of why Tantauco Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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