Cape Froward National Park

Located on the coast of the Brunswick Peninsula, Cape Froward is the southernmost point of South America. This extreme environment marks the strength and resilience of nature; it is a place where niche habitats for endangered fauna abound, and marine and terrestrial ecosystems are closely connected. Its 76km of coastline faces the glaciers of the Darwin Mountain Range and the Magellan Strait. Subantarctic forest covers almost half of the acreage of the land (46%), while 11% is composed of endangered peatlands, a critical carbon storage ecosystem and one that is also highly coveted for fossil-fuel mining. We are currently working to donate this land to the Chilean government and add it to the national park system. Cape Froward is the capstone of the Route of Parks of Chilean Patagonia, which currently connects 17 national parks and protects 28 million acres of wilderness. The Route of Parks is the backbone of Chile’s conservation vision, in which beautiful and healthy ecosystems inspire communities to adopt