Bernardo O'Higgins
National Park
Patagonia (Magallanes)Designated in 196935,259 km²
Chile's largest national park; it holds Lake O'Higgins/San Martín, the deepest in the Americas
Area
35,259 km²
Protection category
IUCN II
Parque nacional —
Designated in
1969
Declared in 1969, it is the largest national park in Chile, with over 35,000 km² of ice fields, fiords and channels all but unreachable except by boat or aircraft. It holds Lake O'Higgins — called San Martín on the Argentine side — the deepest lake on the American continent at over 800 metres in places, gouged out by glaciers through successive Patagonian ice ages.
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Bernardo O'Higgins: 25 documented species
Mammals12Birds13
Threatened:,,
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Chile, where Bernardo O'Higgins lies.
DesertTemperate forestTundra / polar
Experiences in this park
Birdwatching
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