Patagonia
Patagonia is a region in the extreme south of Chile. Along with the Atacama Desert, Patagonia is the most natural part of Chile. The rough, extremely humid climate and the difficult connection to the rest of Chile made it unsuitable for cultivation, which is why, with the exception of a few enclaves, the area is extremely sparsely populated.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Punta Arenas and Coyhaique.
Punta Arenas
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Punta Arenas is the regional capital of the Magallanes y Antártica Region, in Chilean Patagonia, one of the southernmost cities in the world. It's the largest city in Chilean Patagonia, and has developed into a tourist center in far southern America rivaling Ushuaia in Argentina.
Coyhaique
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Coyhaique is a city in Aysén. It is the main and largest city in Northern Chilean Patagonia with a population of 55,000. A handsome city surrounded by dramatic mountains, it is the jumping-off point for visitors who want to travel through some of Chilean Patagonia's most beautiful and unspoiled landscapes, on the Carretera Austral.
Torres del Paine National Park
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Torres del Paine is a national park in Chilean Patagonia. It is in the southern tiers of the Andes and features mountains, lakes, and glaciers. The rocky Torres del Paine give the park its name.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Puerto Williams and Puerto Natales.
Puerto Williams
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Puerto Williams is the largest city on the Navarino Island of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago in the extreme south of Chile. It is the capital of the Antarctica Chilena province of the Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena.
Puerto Natales
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Puerto Natales is a town of 19,000 people in Chile, the gateway to trekking in Torres del Paine or Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks. It offers good infrastructure, especially a few trekking shops and not-so-cheap supermarkets.
Bernardo O’Higgins National Park
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Bernardo O'Higgins National Park is the largest national park in Chile. It protects the unique fjord region of the coastal cordillera in the area of the South Patagonian Ice Field, which is the largest glaciated ice surface outside the poles and Greenland.
Alberto de Agostini National Park
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Alberto de Agostini National Park is a large national park with an area of over 14,600 km2 in Chilean Patagonia. It is one of both Chile's and Patagonia's most off-the-beaten-path destinations, and is only accessible by ship.
Laguna San Rafael National Park
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Laguna San Rafael National Park is a national park on the Pacific coast of Patagonia in Chile. It covers an area of 17,420 km² and includes the Northern Patagonian Ice Field. A fjord more than 16 km long is one of the park's principal attractions.
Cabo de Hornos National Park
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Cabo de Hornos National Park is the world's southernmost national park. It's found in the Magallanes Region of Chilean Patagonia and contains the southernmost point of Chile, excluding its disputed Antarctic claims.
Villa O’Higgins
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Villa O'Higgins is a town of 600 people in Chilean Patagonia. It is at the southern-most end of the Carretera Austral, on the edge of Lake O'Higgins and Campo Hielo del Sur.
Queulat National Park
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Queulat National Park is a national park in Chilean Patagonia. The mountain and coastal region is characterized by temperate rainforest, glaciers and fjords. The park's magnet is the "Veintisquero Colgante" hanging glacier.
Pali-Aike National Park
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Pali-Aike National Park is perhaps unlike any other Chilean Patagonian national park. It isn't mountainous nor large – rather, it's the Pali-Aike Cave, home to one of Magellan's oldest settlements, that makes the park unique.
Patagonia National Park
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Patagonia National Park is one of the newer national parks in Chilean Patagonia. It was established in 2018, and makes up what used to be sheep ranches. It makes up the Chilean side of Patagonia National Park.
Puerto Rio Tranquilo
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Puerto Rio Tranquilo is in Patagonia, on the shores of Lake General Carrera. Its location on the lake on the Carretera Austral and close to the Laguna San Rafael National Park makes it a popular travel destination.
Patagonia
- Type: region
- Description: region in Chile
- Location: Chile, South America
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Latitude of center
-53.32° or 53° 19′ 12″ southLongitude of center
-70.91° or 70° 54′ 36″ westWikidata ID
Q6066209
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Patagonia” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Txileko Patagonia”
- Breton: “Patagonia Chile”
- Esperanto: “Ĉilia Patagonio”
- French: “Extrême-Sud du Chili”
- French: “Patagonie chilienne”
- German: “Großer Süden”
- Greek: “Χιλιανή Παταγονία”
- Hebrew: “פטגוניה”
- Italian: “Patagonia cilena”
- Portuguese: “Patagônia Chilena”
- Spanish: “Extremo Sur (Chile)”
- Spanish: “Patagonia chilena”
- Venetian: “Patagònia ciłena”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Patagonia”. Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.