Iberá National Park

Local nameReserva Nacional Ibera
LocationArgentina

Iberá National Park is a national park in Argentina located in the northeast province of Corrientes. The national park adjoins the 5,530 km² Iberá Provincial Park to the southeast. The national park and provincial park are both within the Iberá Provincial Nature Reserve, a conservation area of 13,245 km² created in 1982. The combined protected area is the largest in Argentina.

The national park protects a portion of the Iberá Wetlands, one of the largest wetlands in the world. In 2002 an area of 24,500 ha was listed as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar convention.Iberá National Park was created by an act of the Argentinian Congress on December 5, 2018. The park was created from former private cattle ranches acquired since 1999 by the Conservation Land Trust–Argentina, a private foundation established by the conservationists Doug and Kristine Tompkins.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberá_National_Park

Coordinates -28°35'8.439" N -57°26'7.419" E

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