Torres del Paine National Park is a national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia, established in 1959 and named for the three granite towers, the Torres del Paine, that dominate its skyline. The park is administered by Chile's Corporacion Nacional Forestal and protects a landscape shaped by the Patagonian Ice Sheet, including the Grey Glacier and turquoise glacial lakes, along with guanaco, puma and Andean condor populations. It is one of the most visited protected areas in Chilean Patagonia and forms part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyCorporacion Nacional Forestal 1 IUCN Category Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 International DesignationUNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Corporacion Nacional Forestal (Chile) 1 FAQs
What does Paine mean in Torres del Paine?
Paine means blue in the Tehuelche language and is pronounced PIE-neh.
Paine means blue in the native Tehuelche, or Aonikenk, language, and it is pronounced PIE-neh. The park was established on May 13, 1959 as the Parque Nacional de Turismo Lago Grey, or Grey Lake National Tourism Park, and was given its present name in 1970.
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A national park encompassing mountains, glaciers, lakes, and rivers in southern Chilean Patagonia.
Infobox: established
May 13, 1959
Governing body field (existing citation)
Corporacion Nacional Forestal
entity-description, international-designation unesco-biosphere-reserve
It is one of the most visited protected areas in Chilean Patagonia and forms part of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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