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The Isla Magdalena national park (
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
: '' Parque Nacional Isla Magdalena '') is a protected area in Magdalena Island,
Patagonia Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and g ...
,
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 was created in 1967 as Forest Reserve and was reclassified as a National Park in 1983. Puerto Gaviota in the south of the national park is considered particularly noteworthy. In addition to larger Atilio island in the north, there are a number of smaller islands in the national park. The Isla Magdalena climate has an annual average temperature of and an annual precipitation of approximately per year. The park can best reached by sea from the ports
Puerto Cisnes Puerto Cisnes (Spanish for: "port swans") is a town and seaport in Cisnes commune, Aysén Province, Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region in the Chilean Patagonia. The town is on the Puyuhuapi Channel at the outflow of Cisnes Rive ...
or Puerto Puyuhuapi. On the island, no infrastructure exists. The highest point of the park is Mentolat Volcano at .


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*Translation from the German Wikipedia site. Protected areas of Aysén Region National parks of Chile Protected areas established in 1967 {{Aisén-geo-stub