Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site

Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site
The natural site as seen from the air
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Location	Magallanes and Chilean Antártica Region, Chile
Nearest city	Villa O'Higgins, Aysén Region, Chile
Coordinates	49°16′15″S 73°04′33″W
Area	768 ha (1,898 acres)
Established	February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27)
Governing body	Corporación Nacional Forestal

The Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site (Spanish: Sitio Natural Cordillera del Chaltén) is a natural site part of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region, Chile. It is located between the boundary demarcated by the 1994 arbitration award[1][2] and section B of the 1998 agreement between Argentina and Chile.[3] It has an area of 768 hectares (1,900 acres).

It is located in between Mount Fitz Roy and the Torre Mountain Range covering the northern part of the basin of the Torre Glacier.

Within the natural site, the Fitz Roy (3,406 meters above sea level), Pollone, Piergiorgio mountains, as well as, the Standhardt, Desmochada, Silla needle, Domo Blanco, Bífida needle, Cuatro Dedos needle, CAT needle, point Anna, point Mujer as well as the Italian pass and part of the Fitz Roy North and Torre glaciers stand out in the Chaltén mountain range.

The nature reserve was created by Resolution No. 74 of February 27, 2014 by the National Forest Corporation which also created the Pío XI Glacier natural site in the national park.[4]

Satellital map of the place.

Sunset the Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site, Chile.

See also

• Circo de los Altares
• Mount Fitz Roy
• Cerro Torre
• Southern Patagonian Ice Field
• Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, Chile
• Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

References

1. "The Laguna del Desierto case". Jusmundi. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
2. "Boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile concerning the frontier line between boundary post 62 and Mount Fitzroy" (PDF). Legal UN. 21 October 1994. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
3. "Border agreement between Chile and Argentina of 1998" (in Spanish). 1998.
4. "RESOLUTION NOº:74/2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Corporación Nacional Forestal. February 27, 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2023.