Cordillera Azul National Park

Cordillera Azul National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul) is a protected area in Peru. It protects part of the Ucayali moist forests ecoregion.

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Volcán Isluga National Park

Volcán Isluga National Park is located in the Andes Mountains in the Tarapacá Region of Chile, near Colchane and south of the Lauca Biosphere Reserve. The park covers an area of 1,747 square kilometers (675 square miles), with elevations ranging from 2,100 to 5,550 meters (6,890 to 18,210 feet). The park is named after Volcán Isluga, which reaches an elevation of 5,550 meters and is the highest mountain in the park.

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Villarrica National Park

Villarrica National Park is in the Andes Mountains, within the La Araucanía and Los Ríos regions of Chile, near the city of Pucón. The main feature of the park is a line of three volcanoes that stretch across the Andean range: Villarrica, Quetrupillán, and Lanín. Other mountains in the park include Quinquilil volcano, which is 2,050 meters (6,726 feet) high and also called Colmillo del Diablo, and Cerro Las Peinetas, which is located on the border between Argentina and Chile.

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Torres del Paine National Park

Torres del Paine National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Torres del Paine) is a national park that includes mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia. The Cordillera del Paine mountain range is the park’s main feature. It is located in an area where the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes meet.

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Rapa Nui National Park

Rapa Nui National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional Rapa Nui) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located on Easter Island, Chile. Rapa Nui is the Polynesian name for Easter Island; its Spanish name is Isla de Pascua. The island is in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southernmost edge of the Polynesian Triangle.

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Queulat National Park

Queulat National Park is a national park in Chile located in the Aysén Region. The park is bordered by the Cisnes River on the south and is next to Lago Rosselot National Reserve. It covers an area of 1,541 km² (595 square miles) and includes glacier-capped mountains and untouched evergreen forests.

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Puyehue National Park

Puyehue National Park is located in the Andes mountain range in the Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions of Chile, which was previously called the 10th region. The park has 220,000 acres of natural thermal springs, volcanoes, and evergreen forests. It was expanded in 1950 and again in 1981.

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Nahuelbuta National Park

Nahuelbuta National Park is one of the few parks in Chile’s Coastal Mountain Range, located in the La Araucanía Region. It is situated on the highest part of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta. Established in 1939, the park covers an area of 6,832 hectares and is located 162 kilometers northeast of Temuco.

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