Los Pingüinos Natural Monument (Magdalena Island)
It holds the largest accessible Magellanic penguin colony in South America, with more than 60,000 breeding pairs on a tiny island
Area
0.9 km²
Declared in
1966
Region
Patagonia (Strait of Magellan)
Climate
Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo, Polar / frío
Highlight
It holds the largest accessible Magellanic penguin colony in South America, with more than 60,000 breeding pairs on a tiny island
Declared a natural monument in 1966, Magdalena Island, out in the Strait of Magellan, holds one of the largest easily reached Magellanic penguin colonies in the whole of South America, with more than 60,000 breeding pairs packed into less than a square kilometre, visitable on day trips by boat from Punta Arenas through the nesting season.
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See on the interactive map8 species documented in Los Pingüinos Natural Monument (Magdalena Island)
At conservation risk:Pingüino de Humboldt
Least ConcernPingüino de Magallanes
Spheniscus magellanicus
Least ConcernCormorán imperial
Leucocarbo atriceps
Delfín austral
Lagenorhynchus australis
Gaviota dominicana
Larus dominicanus
Ostrero magallánico
Haematopus leucopodus
León marino sudamericano
Otaria flavescens
Lobo fino sudamericano
Arctocephalus australis
VulnerablePingüino de Humboldt
Spheniscus humboldti
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Ecosystems found in Chile, where Los Pingüinos Natural Monument (Magdalena Island) lies.
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