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Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve

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Nearest city
  
Chile Chico

Phone
  
+56 67 221 2225

Area
  
1,611 km²

Established
  
August 27, 1998

Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve

Location
  
Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, Chile

Governing body
  
Corporación Nacional Forestal

Address
  
Chile Chico, XI Región, Chile

Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve is a nature reserve of Chile located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, south of Chile Chico. The reserve is named after Jeinimeni Lake, a milky turquoise lake. A highlight of the reserve is the Cueva de las Manos (Cave of the Hands), an archaeological site of a similar nature than those of its more famous counterpart, Cueva de las Manos.

A new, 25,000 km² national park is to combine Lago Cochrane National Reserve, Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve and the privately owned Conservacion Patagonica which encompasses Chacabuco Valley.

References

Lago Jeinimeni National Reserve Wikipedia


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