Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site

The Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site (Spanish: Sitio Natural Cordillera del Chaltén) is a natural site part of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region, Chile. It is located between the boundary demarcated by the 1994 arbitration award and section B of the 1998 agreement between Argentina and Chile. It has an area of 768 hectares (1,900 acres).

Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site
The natural site as seen from the air
Map showing the location of Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site
Map showing the location of Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site
Map showing the location of Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site
Map showing the location of Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site
LocationMagallanes and Chilean Antártica Region, Chile
Nearest cityVilla O'Higgins, Aysén Region, Chile
Coordinates49°16′15″S 73°04′33″W / 49.27083°S 73.07583°W / -49.27083; -73.07583
Area768 ha (1,898 acres)
EstablishedFebruary 27, 2014 (2014-02-27)
Governing bodyCorporación Nacional Forestal

It is located in between Mount Fitz Roy and the Torre Mountain Range covering the northern part of the basin of the Torre Glacier.

Within the natural site, the Fitz Roy (3,406 meters above sea level), Pollone, Piergiorgio mountains, as well as, the Standhardt, Desmochada, Silla needle, Bífida needle, Cuatro Dedos needle, CAT needle, point Anna, point Mujer as well as the Italian pass and part of the Fitz Roy North glacier stand out in the Chaltén mountain range.

The nature reserve was created by Resolution No. 74 of February 27, 2014 by the National Forest Corporation which also created the Pío XI Glacier natural site in the national park.[1]

Satellital map of the place.

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  1. ^ "RESOLUTION NOº:74/2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Corporación Nacional Forestal. February 27, 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2023.