Queulat
The Ventisquero Colgante, a glacier suspended between two peaks, spilling waterfalls straight into the void
Area
1,540 km²
Declared in
1983
Region
Northern Patagonia (Aysén)
Climate
Árido / desértico, Templado, Mediterráneo, Polar / frío
Highlight
The Ventisquero Colgante, a glacier suspended between two peaks, spilling waterfalls straight into the void
Declared in 1983, Queulat is celebrated for the Ventisquero Colgante, a glacier suspended between two rock walls from which meltwater falls straight into the void for several hundred metres, an unusual sight that has become one of the most photographed symbols of Chile's Carretera Austral.
Location
See on the interactive map13 species documented in Queulat
At conservation risk:Cóndor andino,Huillín,Kodkod
Endemic to Chile:Monito del monte
Pudú del sur
Pudu puda
Least ConcernCoipo (nutria sudamericana)
Myocastor coypus
VulnerableCóndor andino
Vultur gryphus
EndangeredHuillín
Lontra provocax
Monito del monte
Dromiciops gliroides
Least ConcernPuma
Puma concolor
Least ConcernZorro culpeo
Lycalopex culpaeus
Chucao
Scelorchilus rubecula
Delfín chileno
Cephalorhynchus eutropia
Cachaña
Enicognathus ferrugineus
Carancho
Caracara plancus
Kodkod
Leopardus guigna
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Ecosystems found in Chile, where Queulat lies.
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