Cabo de Hornos National Park
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Cabo de Hornos National Park is a protected area in southern Chile that was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005,[4] along with Alberto de Agostini National Park. The world's southernmost national park,[5] it is located 12 hours by boat from Puerto Williams 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.
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Cabo de Hornos National Park | |
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Location | Tierra del Fuego, Chile |
Nearest city | Puerto Williams |
Coordinates | 55.833°S 67.433°W / -55.833; -67.433 |
Area | 63,093 ha (155,906 acres)[1] |
Established | April 26, 1945 (1945-04-26)[2] |
Visitors | 10,407[3] (in 2016) |
Governing body | Corporación Nacional Forestal |
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The park was created in 1945[2] and includes the Wollaston Islands and the Hermite Islands. It covers 63,093 hectares (155,906 acres)[1] and is run by the Corporacion Nacional Forestal (CONAF), the Chilean body that governs all national parks in Chile.[6]