Alerce Costero Natural Monument
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Alerce Costero Natural Monument (Spanish: Monumento Natural Alerce Costero) is a protected area in the Valdivian Coastal Range
about 137 km from Valdivia
and 49 km from La Unión
. Trees of Fitzroya
grow inside the protected area and give name to the area since Alerce Costero means Coastal Fitzroya. The Natural Monument measures 2,307 does not have any tourist facility
Valdivian Coastal Range
The Valdivian Coastal Range is a mountain range in southern Chile, along the Pacific coast. Named for the city of Valdivia, it covers about 1 million acres of the Valdivian temperate rain forests, approximately one-quarter of which are protected. It forms part of the larger Chilean Coast Range...
about 137 km from Valdivia
Valdivia, Chile
Valdivia is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia and Cau-Cau Rivers, approximately east of the coastal towns of Corral and Niebla...
and 49 km from La Unión
La Unión, Chile
La Unión is a city and commune of the Ranco Province in the Los Rios Region in Chile. It is situated approximately 40 km north of Osorno and 80 km south east of Valdivia. It covers an area of approximately 2136.7 km² and has a population of 39.447 of which 25,615 are considered part...
. Trees of Fitzroya
Fitzroya
Fitzroya is a monotypic genus in the cypress family.-Species:The single living species, Fitzroya cupressoides, is a tall, long-lived conifer native to the Andes mountains of southern Chile and Argentina, where it is an important member of the Valdivian temperate rain forests...
grow inside the protected area and give name to the area since Alerce Costero means Coastal Fitzroya. The Natural Monument measures 2,307 does not have any tourist facility