Cabo de Hornos National Park

Cabo de Hornos National Park

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iucn_category = II



caption = Satellital image of Hermite Islands
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location = Magallanes Region, Chile
nearest_city = Puerto Williams
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area = 631 km²
established = 1945
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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.Fact|date=April 2007

ee also

* Cabo de Hornos Biosphere Reserve
* Cape Horn


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