Back حديقة ناهويل هوباي الوطنية Arabic Taman Nasional Nahuel Huapi BAN Parc Nacional Nahuel Huapi Catalan Parque nacional nahuel huapi CBK-ZAM Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapí CEB Nationalpark Nahuel Huapi German Nacia Parko Nahuel Huapi Esperanto Parque nacional Nahuel Huapi Spanish پارک ملی ناهوئل هوآپی Persian Parc national Nahuel Huapi French
| Nahuel Huapi National Park Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi | |
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  Location of Nahuel Huapi Bariloche Location of Nahuel Huapi Bariloche | |
| Location | Río Negro and Neuquén provinces, Argentina |
| Nearest city | San Carlos de Bariloche and Villa La Angostura |
| Coordinates | 41°00′S 71°30′W / 41.000°S 71.500°W |
| Area | 7,050 km2 (2,720 sq mi) |
| Established | 1934 |
| Governing body | Administración de Parques Nacionales |
Nahuel Huapi National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi) is the oldest national park in Argentina, established in 1922 as Parque Nacional de Sud and reconfiguered in 1934. 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 7,050 km2 (2,720 sq mi), or nearly 2 million acres.[1] Its landscapes represent the north Patagonian Andean Zone consisting of three types, namely, the Altoandino (with perpetual snow above an altitude of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft)), the Andino-Patagónico (in the lower reaches of the hills) and the Patagonian steppe.[2][3][4] It also represents small parts of the Valdivian Rainforest.
The park and the reserve lie at an altitude of 720–3,574 metres (2,362–11,726 ft), and are designated under IUCN management categories II (National Park) and IV (Management Reserve). The park is completely protected while the reserve is partially protected.[4] The national park is dominated by the high mountain chain of the Andes, many lakes, rapid rivers, waterfalls, snow-clad peaks, glaciers and extensive forests. It is bordered by Chile on its western side.[2][4]
- ^ National Parks and Conservation Association (1968). National parks & conservation magazine. National Parks & Conservation Association. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Nahuel Huapí National Park". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Nahuel Huapi National Park". Patagonia-argentina.com. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ a b c IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (1982). IUCN directory of neotropical protected areas. IUCN. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-0-907567-62-2. Retrieved 19 February 2011.