List of national parks of Argentina
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- See National Parks of ArgentinaNational Parks of ArgentinaThe National Parks of Argentina make up a network of 30 national parks in Argentina. The parks cover a very varied set of terrains and biotopes, from Baritú National Park on the northern border with Bolivia to Tierra del Fuego National Park in the far south of the continent .The creation of the...
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A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
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Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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North-East
- Chaco National ParkChaco National ParkThe Chaco National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the province of Chaco. It has an area of 150 km². It was created in 1954 in order to protect a sample of the Eastern Chaco, composed mainly of warm lowlands, with an annual summer rainfall between 750 and 1,300 mm.This park is a...
- Iguazú National ParkIguazú National ParkThe Iguazú National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Iguazú Department, in the north of the province of Misiones, Argentine Mesopotamia. It has an area of . -History:...
- home of the Iguazu FallsIguazu FallsIguazu Falls, Iguassu Falls, or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian State of Paraná and the Argentine Province of Misiones. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River originates near the city of Curitiba. It flows...
, a UNESCO World Heritage SiteWorld Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance... - Mburucuyá National ParkMburucuyá National ParkMburucuyá National Park is a National park in Argentina. It is located in the north west of the Corrientes Province around 150 km from the city of Corrientes and covers an area of 176 square kilometres of the Iberá Wetlands....
- Río Pilcomayo National ParkRío Pilcomayo National ParkThe Río Pilcomayo National Park is a national park located in the northeastern part of the Argentine province of Formosa, on the border with Paraguay...
North-West
- Baritú National ParkBaritú National ParkThe Baritú National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Santa Victoria Department, in the north of the province of Salta, in the Argentine Northwest. The park borders Bolivia , and is more easily accessed through that country. It has an area of 720 square kilometres and it is the...
- Calilegua National ParkCalilegua National ParkThe Calilegua National Park is a national park of Argentina, located at the southeast of the province of Jujuy , at the Ledesma Department, on the eastern slopes of the Calilegua hills....
- Campo de los Alisos National ParkCampo de los Alisos National ParkThe Campo de los Alisos National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Chicligasta Department, province of Tucumán. It has an area of 100 square kilometres....
- Copo National ParkCopo National ParkThe Copo National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Copo Department, province of Santiago del Estero. It has an area of 1142.5 km². It was created in 1998 in order to preserve a number of endangered species....
- El Rey National ParkEl Rey National ParkThe El Rey National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Anta Department, province of Salta, in the Argentine Northwest, 80 km from the provincial capital. It has an area of 441.62 km²....
- Los Cardones National ParkLos Cardones National ParkThe Los Cardones National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the center-west of the province of Salta, within the San Carlos and Cachi Departments, in the Argentine Northwest....
Central
- Campos del Tuyu National ParkCampos del Tuyú National ParkCampos del Tuyú National Park is a national park in Argentina, in Buenos Aires Province. It was established on May 13, 2009. The main attraction of Campos del Tuyú is the rare pampas deer, in fact, it is one of the few places in the Pampas where this species survive...
- El Palmar National ParkEl Palmar National ParkEl Palmar National Park is one of Argentina's national parks, located on the center-west of the province of Entre Ríos, mid-way between the cities of Colón and Concordia...
- Islas de Santa Fé National Park
- Predelta National ParkPredelta National ParkThe Predelta National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in south-west of the province of Entre Ríos, 6 km south from Diamante, in the Argentine Mesopotamia, at the beginning of the Paraná River Delta...
- Quebrada del Condorito National ParkQuebrada del Condorito National ParkQuebrada del Condorito National Park is a national park in Argentina, in Córdoba Province. It was established in 1996.-External links:...
Cuyo
- El Leoncito National ParkEl Leoncito National ParkThe El Leoncito National Park is a national park of Argentina, located at the Calingasta Department, in the southwest of the province of San Juan. It has an area of 760 km²...
- Los Venados National Park (projected, in San LuisSan Luis ProvinceSan Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.-History:...
) - San Guillermo National ParkSan Guillermo National ParkSan Guillermo National Park is a national park in Argentina, in the Iglesia Department of San Juan Province. It was established in 1998....
- Sierra de las Quijadas National ParkSierra de las Quijadas National ParkSierra de las Quijadas National Park is a national park in Argentina, in San Luis Province. It was established in 1991....
- Talampaya National ParkTalampaya National ParkTalampaya National Park is a national park located in the east/centre of La Rioja Province, Argentina. It was designated a provincial reserve in 1975, a national park in 1997, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000....
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Patagonia
- Lago Puelo National ParkLago Puelo National ParkThe Lago Puelo National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Patagonia. It has an area of 276.74 km²...
- Laguna Blanca National ParkLaguna Blanca National ParkLaguna Blanca is a National Park in the west of the , close to the town of Zapala.The park around the lagoon was created in 1940 to protect the lagoon and particularly the population of black-necked swans . It has an area of 112.5 km²...
- Lanín National ParkLanín National ParkLanín National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Neuquén Province, with forests of diverse tree varieties, mainly Fagaceae and conifers such as the lenga and the Araucaria, many species of which are not found elsewhere in Argentina....
- Lihué Calel National ParkLihué Calel National ParkLihué Calel National Park is a national park in Argentina, in the Lihue Calel Department of La Pampa Province. Covering 99 square kilometres, it was established in 1977....
- Los Alerces National ParkLos Alerces National ParkThe Los Alerces National Park is a national park in Chubut Province, Argentina, some 30 miles from Esquel. It is a park of 2,630 square kilometres along the border with Chile, best known for the alerce trees from which the park takes its name.The park was created in 1937 in order to protect the...
- Los Arrayanes National ParkLos Arrayanes National ParkLos Arrayanes National Park is a national park of Argentina with an area of 17.53 square kilometres. It covers the Quetrihué Peninsula on the shore of the Nahuel Huapi Lake in the province of Neuquén, 3 km from Villa la Angostura....
- Los Glaciares National ParkLos Glaciares National ParkParque Nacional Los Glaciares is a national park in the Santa Cruz Province, in Argentine Patagonia. It comprises an area of 4459 km². In 1981 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO....
- also a UNESCO heritage site - Nahuel Huapi National ParkNahuel Huapi National ParkEstablished in 1934, the Nahuel Huapi National Park is the oldest national park in Argentina. It surrounds Nahuel Huapi Lake in the foothills of the Patagonian Andes. The largest of the national parks in the region, it has an area of , or nearly 2 million acres...
- Francisco P. Moreno National ParkPerito Moreno National ParkPerito Moreno National Park is a national park in Argentina. It is located in the western region of Santa Cruz Province on the border with Chile. It has an area of 115,000 hectares of mountains and valleys at a height of 900 metres above sea level.-History:...
- Monte León National ParkMonte León National ParkMonte León National Park is a national park in Argentina, in Santa Cruz Province. It was established in 2004. The park is home to thousands of penguins and cormorants, as well as pumas, large, flightless birds known as rheas and roaming herds of Guanacos....
- Tierra del Fuego National ParkTierra del Fuego National ParkTierra del Fuego National Park is a national park on the Argentine part of the island of Tierra del Fuego, within Tierra del Fuego Province in the ecoregion of Patagonic Forest and Altos Andes, a part of the subantarctic forest...
External links
- National Parks Administration (in English and Spanish)