Cordillera del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park

The protected areas of Chile are areas that have natural beauty or significant historical value protected by the government of

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 ...

. These protected areas cover over , which is 19% of the territory of Chile. The National System of Protected Wild Areas (SNASPE by its Spanish acronym) is regulated by law #18,362 passed in 1984, and administered by the National Forest Corporation (CONAF). There are three types of territories: *

National Parks A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...

* National Reserves *

Natural Monument A natural monument is a natural or natural/cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities or cultural significance. Under World Commission on Protected Areas guidelines, na ...

Protected areas by type

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Protected areas by region

Arica and Parinacota Region The Arica y Parinacota Region ( es, link=no, Región de Arica y Parinacota ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Arica and Parinacota. It borders Peru's Department of Tacna to the north, Boliv ...

* Las Vicuñas National Reserve *

Lauca National Park Lauca National Park is located in Chile's far north, in the Andean range. It encompasses an area of 1,379 km2 of altiplano and mountains, the latter consisting mainly of enormous volcanoes. Las Vicuñas National Reserve is its neighbour to ...

* Salar de Surire Natural Monument

Tarapacá Region The Tarapacá Region ( es, Región de Tarapacá, ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Orur ...

* Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve *

Volcán Isluga National Park Volcán Isluga National Park () is located in the Andes, in the Tarapacá Region of Chile, near Colchane and south of Lauca Biosphere Reserve. It covers 1,747 square kilometers, with elevations ranging between 2,100 and 5,550 meters. It is name ...

Antofagasta Region The Antofagasta Region ( es, Región de Antofagasta, ) is one of Chile's sixteen first-order administrative divisions. The second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla. It is bordered t ...

* Alto Loa National Reserve * La Chimba National Reserve * La Portada Natural Monument * Llullaillaco National Park *

Los Flamencos National Reserve Los Flamencos National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the commune of San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. The reserve covers a total area of in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion and consists of seven separate sec ...

* North Paposo National Monument

Atacama Region

* Llanos de Challe National Park * Nevado Tres Cruces National Park *

Pan de Azúcar National Park Pan de Azúcar National Park is a national park of Chile. The park straddles the border between the Antofagasta Region and the Atacama Region. Its name, ''Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar'', means "sugar loaf national park". Geography The park ...

* Pingüino de Humboldt National Reserve

Coquimbo Region The Coquimbo Region ( es, Región de Coquimbo, ) is one of Chile's 16 regions (first order administrative divisions). It is bordered by Atacama to the north, Valparaíso to the south, Argentina to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park A bosque ( ) is a type of gallery forest habitat found along the riparian flood plains of stream and river banks in the southwestern United States. It derives its name from the Spanish word for ' woodlands'. Setting In the predominantly ari ...

Las Chinchillas National Reserve Las Chinchillas National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile. The reserve gives shelter to some of the few remaining colonies of Long-tailed Chinchillas in the wild. Biology In addition to the chinch ...

* Pichasca Natural Monument

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region ( es, Región de Valparaíso, links=no, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , ...

* Archipiélago de Juan Fernández National Park * El Yali National Reserve * Isla Cachagua Natural Monument *

La Campana National Park La Campana National Park is located in the Cordillera de la Costa, Quillota Province, in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains lie northwest of Santiago. This national park covers approximately a ...

* Lago Peñuelas National Reserve *

Rapa Nui National Park Rapa Nui National Park ( es, Parque nacional Rapa Nui) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located on Easter Island, Chile. Rapa Nui is the Polynesian name of Easter Island; its Spanish name is Isla de Pascua. The island is located ...

* Río Blanco National Reserve

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region ( es, link=no, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Mos ...

* El Morado Natural Monument * Río Clarillo National Reserve * Roblería del Cobre de Loncha National Reserve * Yerba Loca Nature Sanctuary

O'Higgins Region

* Las Palmas de Cocalán National Park * Río de los Cipreses National Reserve

Maule Region

* Altos de Lircay National Reserve * Federico Albert National Reserve * Laguna Torca National Reserve * Los Bellotos del Melado National Reserve *

Los Queules National Reserve Los Queules National Reserve is a national reserve of Chile. It covers an area of 1.47 km2 in the Chilean Coastal Range. The reserve ranges from 400 to 500 meters in elevation.Hinojosa, L. F., Armesto, J. J., & Villagrán, C. (2006). Are Chilean C ...

* Los Ruiles National Reserve * Radal Siete Tazas National Reserve

Bío-Bío Region

* Isla Mocha National Reserve * Laguna del Laja National Park * Los Huemules de Niblinto National Reserve * Ñuble National Reserve *

Ralco National Reserve Ralco National Reserve is a national reserve of 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 a ...

Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( es, Región de La Araucanía ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Te ...

* Alto Biobío National Reserve * Cerro Ñielol Natural Monument * China Muerta National Reserve *

Conguillío National Park Conguillío National Park is located in the Andes, in the provinces of Cautín Province, Cautín and Malleco Province, Malleco, in the Araucanía Region of Chile also known as Araucanía Region, Region IX. Its name derives from the Mapudungun ...

* Contulmo Natural Monument * Huerquehue National Park * Malalcahuello National Reserve * Malleco National Reserve * Nahuelbuta National Park * Nalcas National Reserve * Tolhuaca National Park * Villarrica National Park * Villarrica National Reserve

Los Ríos Region The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: ''Región de Los Ríos'', , ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 2007 ...

* Alerce Costero National Park * Área Costera Protegida Punta Curiñanco * Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary * Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve * Mocho-Choshuenco National Reserve *

Oncol Park Oncol Park (Spanish: ''Parque Oncol'') is a natural reserve located from the city of Valdivia, Chile. The park has an area of of which most lies on Cerro Oncol (715 m), the highest peak of the Valdivian Coast Range, but is only from the coast ...

Puyehue National Park Puyehue National Park () is located in the Andes mountain range, in Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions of Chile formerly referred to as the 10th region. The park boast 220,000 acres of natural thermal springs, volcanoes, and evergreen forests, afte ...

* Valdivia National Reserve * Valdivian Coastal Reserve * Villarrica National Park

Los Lagos Region Los Lagos Region ( es, Región de Los Lagos , ''Region of the Lakes'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains ...

* Alerce Andino National Park *

Chiloé National Park Chiloé National Park is a national park of Chile, located in the western coast of Chiloé Island, in Los Lagos Region (region of the lakes). It encompasses an area of divided into two main sectors: the smallest, called Chepu, is in the commune ...

* Corcovado National Park * Futaleufú National Reserve *

Hornopirén National Park Hornopirén National Park () is located in the Andes, in the Palena Province of Chile's Los Lagos Region, also known as Los Lagos Region, Region X. The park contains of rugged mountains and unspoiled Valdivian temperate rain forests. This nation ...

* Islotes de Puñihuil Natural Monument * Lago Palena National Reserve * Lahuen Ñadi Natural Monument * Llanquihue National Reserve * Los Vertientes Private Nature Reserve * Pumalín Park *

* Tantauco Park * Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park

Aisén Region Aisén or Aysén may refer to: Aisén (name), an African name for a boy or a girl Places Aysén, Chile, a commune in Aysén Province Aysén Region, one of Chile's administrative divisions Aysén Province Aysén Province ( es, Provincia de ...

Bernardo O'Higgins National Park Bernardo O'Higgins National Park () is the largest of the protected areas in Chile, covering an area of in both the Aysén and Magallanes and Antártica Chilena regions. Management of this and other national parks in Chile is entrusted to the ...

* Cerro Castillo National Reserve * Cinco Hermanas Natural Monument * Coihaique National Reserve * Dos Lagunas Natural Monument *

Isla Guamblin National Park __FORCETOC__ Guamblin Island, also known as Socorro Island, Nuestra Señora del Socorro, or Huamblin, is a Chilean island located in the Pacific Ocean. The island is designated as a National Park and is recognized as an Important Bird Area due to ...

* Isla Magdalena National Park * Katalalixar National Reserve *

Lago Carlota National Reserve Lago Carlota National Reserve is a national reserve of 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, ...

* Lago Cochrane National Reserve * Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve * Lago Las Torres National Reserve * Lago Rosselot National Reserve * Laguna de San Rafael National Park * Las Guaitecas National Reserve * Patagonia National Park *

Queulat National Park Queulat National Park is a national park of Chile located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. The park is bordered by the Cisnes River on the south side and is neighbor to Lago Rosselot National Reserve. It contains of gl ...

* Río Simpson National Reserve * Trapananda National Reserve

Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region

Alberto de Agostini National Park Alberto de Agostini National Park () is a protected area that was created on January 22, 1965, on land that was formerly part of the "Hollanda" forest reserve and "Hernando de Magallanes National Park". It covers and includes the Cordillera Darw ...

* Cabo de Hornos National Park * Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument * Francisco Coloane Coastal and Marine Protected Area * Kawésqar National Park * Laguna de los Cisnes Natural Monument * Laguna Parrillar National Reserve *

Los Pingüinos Natural Monument Los Pingüinos Natural Monument (, ) is located northeast of Punta Arenas, Chile. Magdalena Island and the Marta Island, situated in the middle of the Strait of Magellan, is the main part of this natural monument. The largest penguin colonies of ...

* Magallanes National Reserve *

Omora Ethnobotanical Park Omora Ethnobotanical Park is a protected area of Chile located west of Puerto Williams on Navarino Island in the extreme southern Magellan and Chilean Antarctica Region. The Omora Park is a research, education and conservation center for the C ...

* Pali-Aike National Park *

Torres del Paine National Park Torres del Paine National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Torres del Paine) is a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a tr ...

* Yendegaia National Park

External links

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