Los Alerces National Park

Los Alerces National Park
Parque Nacional Los Alerces
IUCN category II (national park)
Lake Futalaufquen, one of the many lakes in the Los Alerces National Park.
Location	Chubut Province, Argentina
Coordinates	42°48′27″S 71°53′56″W / 42.80750°S 71.89889°W / -42.80750; -71.89889
Area	2,599 km2 (1,003 sq mi)
Established	1937
Governing body	Administración de Parques Nacionales
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, x
Designated	2017 (41st session)
Reference no.	1526
Region	Latin America

Los Alerces National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Alerces) is located in the Andes in Chubut Province in the Patagonian region of Argentina. Its western boundary coincides with the Chilean border. Successive glaciations have molded the landscape in the region creating spectacular features such as moraines, glacial cirques and clear-water lakes. The vegetation is dominated by dense temperate forests, which give way to alpine meadows higher up under the rocky Andean peaks. A highly distinctive and emblematic feature is its alerce forest; the globally threatened alerce tree is the second longest living tree species in the world (>3,600 years). The alerce forests in the park are in an excellent state of conservation. The property is vital for the protection of some of the last portions of continuous Patagonian Forest in an almost pristine state and is the habitat for a number of endemic and threatened species of flora and fauna.^[1]