Isla Magdalena National Park

The National Park Isla Magdalena (Spanish: Parque Nacional Isla Magdalena ) is a 1576 km ², founded in 1967, nature reserve in Chilean Patagonia ( Región de Aysen ). The nature reserve on the island of Magdalena was founded in 1983 as a national park.

The most important place on the island is Puerto Gaviato in the south of the National Park, along with a number of smaller islands belong to the National Park, the largest of which is the island Atilio in the north.

The national park is characterized above all by its variety of seabirds ( including penguins and cormorants ) and a vegetation of the temperate - cold zone. On the island are the largest penguin colonies in southern Chile, with among other things, an estimated 60,000 breeding pairs Magellan penguins. The climate of Isla Magdalena has an annual average temperature of 6 - to 8 ° C and an exceptionally high rainfall of about 4,000 mm per year.

The park can only be reached by sea from the ports of Puerto Cisnes or Puerto Puyuhuapi out. On the island there is no infrastructure, and there is no staff on site.