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A national Park at the World’s Edge

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Chile is preparing to create a national park at its southernmost tip, where the Americas meets the Antarctic.

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A national Park at the World’s Edge

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  1. A national Park at the World’s Edge

  2. The proposed Cape Froward National Park, on the Brunswick Peninsula at the southern tip of the Americas, would span roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline facing the Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  3. "The Brunswick Peninsula is a mosaic of marine, coastal and land ecosystems," said Benjamín Caceres (pictured), Rewilding Chile’s wildlife coordinator, adding that human activity, from industry to tourism, must be regulated to prevent harm to fragile ecosystems. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  4. A waterfall in the Strait of Magellan, near Chile's Brunswick Peninsula. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  5. The Sarmiento de Gamboa Glacier on Santa Ines Island, viewed from the Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  6. The park would shelter the southernmost continental population of the endangered huemul deer and its productive waters support a vast marine food chain including whales, sea lions and orcas. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  7. Project coordinator Gabriela Garrido (pictured) said authorities hope to finalize the decree in coming months, adding the park to an 8 million-hectare biological corridor in Patagonia that includes the Kawesqar and Alberto de Agostini National Parks. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  8. Tourists take photographs of the Sarmiento de Gamboa glacier in front of Santa Ines Island. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  9. A Peale's dolphin swims in the Strait of Magellan, near the Brunswick Peninsula where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  10. A man drinks whiskey from a chunk of ice on the Sarmiento de Gamboa Glacier, off Santa Ines Island. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  11. Two Magellanic penguins stand on the rocks in the Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  12. Tourists watch the sunrise during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  13. Gabriela Garrido, project coordinator of the Rewilding Foundation, walk along a path in a forest on the Brunswick Peninsula, near where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile, in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  14. A whale shows its hump as it surfaces in the Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  15. A drone view shows the San Isidro Lighthouse on the coast of The Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  16. Rewilding Chile, a foundation set up by the late philanthropist and founder of the North Face outdoor clothing company Douglas Tompkins, donated about 127,000 hectares of land to the Chilean government in November with the condition that the national park would be created within two years. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  17. A tourist walks along a path to the San Isidro Lighthouse on the coast of the Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  18. The Strait of Magellan is pictured through a window at the Museum in the San Isidro Lighthouse. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  19. The skeleton of a whale displayed in the Museum at the San Isidro Lighthouse. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  20. A condor flies over the mountains near the Brunswick Peninsula. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  21. A wave forms in the sea during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  22. The sun shines from behind the clouds over Tierra del Fuego during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan, near Chile's Brunswick Peninsula. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  23. A bird flies over the Sarmiento de Gamboa Glacier in Santa Ines Island. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  24. At the edge of the world map, where land turns into subantarctic forests, icy seas and glaciers, Chile is preparing to create a national park to protect endangered wildlife and unique ecosystems. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

  25. “These are resilient places that maintain balance and create a refuge for species that are in danger of extinction," says said Benjamín Caceres. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

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