The Vizcachas Mountains is a mountain range northwest of Santiago , in the Santiago Metropolitan Region , Chile . It is part of the Chilean Coast Ranges System.
4-499: 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 region which has had pressure to the ecosystem from an expanding human population . In particular, the endangered and endemic Chilean Wine Palm ( Jubaea chilensis ) is native here. This species has experienced
8-462: A shrinking range during historic times. This Santiago Metropolitan Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This South America mountain, mountain range, or peak related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . La Campana National Park La Campana National Park is in the Cordillera de la Costa , Quillota Province , in
12-609: The Valparaíso Region of Chile . La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains lie northwest of Santiago . This national park covers approximately 80 square kilometres (31 sq mi) and is home to one of the last palm forests of Jubaea chilensis (Chilean Wine Palm), which prehistorically had a much wider distribution than at present. Another attraction is the Cerro La Campana , which lends its name to
16-722: The park. In 1834 Charles Darwin climbed this mountain, during the second voyage of HMS Beagle . In 1984, the park, along with Lago Peñuelas National Reserve , was designated by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve . The park is in the Chilean matorral ecoregion . Chilean wine palm groves occur in the Ocoa Valley . Other typical vegetation species occurring in the park include the Echinopsis chiloensis , Puya chilensis , roble , boldo , litre , peumo , Patagua , winter's bark , and lingue . This Valparaíso Region location article
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