Los Alerces National Park
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Inscribed
2017
Area
188,379 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Los Alerces National Park is about 170 km south-east of Puerto Montt. The nearest other World Heritage site is Churches of Chiloé, about 160 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Esquel · about 20,000 peopleabout 50 km east
- Castro · about 30,000 peopleabout 160 km west
- Puerto Montt · about 175,000 peopleabout 170 km north-west
- Puerto Varas · about 25,000 peopleabout 190 km north-west
- Ancud · about 28,000 peopleabout 190 km north-west
- Bariloche · about 95,000 peopleabout 190 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChileCultural157 km away
ArgentinaCultural492 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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