Cordillera del Piuchén is one of the two mountain ranges located on

Chiloé Island Chiloé Island ( es, Isla de Chiloé, , ) also known as Greater Island of Chiloé (''Isla Grande de Chiloé''), is the largest island of the Chiloé Archipelago off the west coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean. The island is located in southern ...

, in southern

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. It is located along the Pacific Coast, and is part of the

Chilean Coast Range The Chilean Coastal Range ( es, Cordillera de la Costa) is a mountain range that runs from north to south along the Pacific coast of South America parallel to the Andean Mountains, extending from Morro de Arica in the north to Taitao Peninsula, ...

System. Its northern boundary is the

Chacao Channel The Chacao Channel ( es, Canal de Chacao) is located in Los Lagos Region, Chile and separates Chiloé Island from mainland Chile. The channel was created during the Quaternary glaciations by successive glaciers that flowed down from the Andes to ...

, while to the south it is separated from the

Pirulil Range The Pirulil Range is a mountain range located in the southern half of Chiloé Island. It is located along the Pacific coast and forms part of the larger Chilean Coast Range. It northern boundary is the Cucao Lake, beyond of which Cordillera del P ...

by Cucao Lake. The vegetation in the uplands of Cordillera del Piuchén is made up of

Magellanic moorland 250px, Magellanic moorland at Herschel Island, Cabo de Hornos National Park. The Magellanic moorland or Magellanic tundra ( es, Tundra magallánica) is an ecoregion on the Patagonian archipelagos south of latitude 48° S. It is characterized by h ...

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Chilean Coast Range Mountain ranges of Chile Landforms of Los Lagos Region {{LosLagos-geo-stub

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