La Campana National Park is located in the Cordillera de la Costa

Chilean Coast Range

The Chilean Coastal Range is a mountain range that runs from north to south along the Pacific coast of South America parallel to the Andean Mountains, extending from Morro de Arica in the north to Taitao Peninsula, where it ends at the Chile Triple Junction, in the south. The range has a strong...

, Quillota Province

Quillota Province

Quillota Province is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso . Its capital is the city of Quillota .-Administration:...

, in the Valparaíso Region

Valparaíso Region

The V Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's third highest population of 1,539,852 million in 2002 and third smallest area of , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region...

 of Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains

Vizcachas Mountains

The Vizcachas Mountains are a mountainous landform northwest of Santiago, Chile. Part of the Vizcachas Range was incorporated into a protected area contiguous with La Campana National Park, under a recommendation made in 1993; this protection was applied to assist in maintaining biodiversity in a...

 lie northwest of Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

. This national park covers approximately 80 sqkm and is home to one of the last palm forests of Jubaea chilensis

Jubaea

Jubaea chilensis is the sole extant species in the genus Jubaea in the palm family Arecaceae. It is native to southwestern South America, where it is endemic to a small area of central Chile, between 32°S and 35°S in southern Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins and northern Maule regions...

 (Chilean Wine Palm), which prehistorically had a much wider distribution than at present. Another attraction is the Cerro La Campana

Cerro La Campana

Cerro la Campana, the Bell mountain, is a mountain in La Campana National Park in central Chile.The Pacific and the mountain Aconcagua are visible from the summit on clear days....

, which lends its name to the park. In 1834 Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...

 climbed this mountain, during The Voyage of the Beagle

The Voyage of the Beagle

The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect...

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See also

• Avellanita bustillosii
  Avellanita bustillosii
  Avellanita bustillosii is a plant species of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole species of the genus Avellanita. This threatened plant occurs in parts of central South America...
  
  
• Chicauma
  Chicauma
  Chicauma is a mountain range in central Chile. This locale is noted for the impact of a large meteor noted in a report from the year 1916. The range is also termed Alto de Chicauma or Sierra de Chicauma. A portion of the Chicauma has been added to the La Campana National Park.-References:* Field...
  
  
• Cuesta La Dormida
  Cuesta La Dormida
  Cuesta La Dormida is a mountain in central Chile. Some of the forested mountain area of Cuesta La Dormida has been added to the La Campana National Park in order to achieve protection for the Chilean Wine Palm and other endangered species...
  
  
• La Campana-Peñuelas Biosphere Reserve
  La Campana-Peñuelas
  This Biosphere Reserve includes La Campana National Park and the Lago Peñuelas National Reserve. It is located in west-central Chile. Forests within the La Campana-Peñuelas are habitat for the Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis, an endangered palm, which had a much broader distribution prior to...
  
  
• Ocoa Valley
  Ocoa Valley
  The Ocoa Valley is a landform in central Chile located by the La Campana National Park. This valley is a locus where considerable archaeological recovery has taken place, yielding considerable finds of pre-European contact period...
  
  
• Porlieria chilensis
  Porlieria chilensis
  Porlieria chilensis is a plant that occurs in South America. In fact, all genus members are small trees or shrubs found on the South American continent. An example occurrence of P. chilensis is in the arid forested area of central Chile, where it occurs in association with the endangered Chilean...