Alerce Costero Natural Monument

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Alerce Costero Natural Monument
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
Location Los Lagos Region, Chile
Coordinates 40°11′0″S 73°28′0″W / -40.18333, -73.46667
Area 23.07 km²
Governing body Corporación Nacional Forestal

Alece Costero Natural Monument (Spanish: Monumento Natural Alerce Costero) is protected area in the Valdivian Coastal Range about 137 km from Valdivia and 49 km from La Unión. Trees of Fitzroya grow inside the protected area and gives name to the area since Alerce Costero means Coastal Fitzroya in English. The monument compromises 2,307 ha and has not tourism facilities.

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