Los Cardones National Park

Los Cardones National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Los Cardones.
Location	Salta Province, Argentina
Coordinates	25°07′30″S 66°10′55″W / 25.125°S 66.182°W / -25.125; -66.182Coordinates: 25°07′30″S 66°10′55″W / 25.125°S 66.182°W / -25.125; -66.182
Area	650 km²
Established	1996
Governing body	Administración de Parques Nacionales

The Los Cardones National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Cardones) is a national park of Argentina, located in the center-west of the province of Salta, within the San Carlos and Cachi Departments, in the Argentine Northwest.

The park has an area of 650 square kilometres, with hills and ravines at the height levels between 2,700 m and 5,000 m. It gets its name from the prevalence of cardones bush formations. It features fossil remains of extinct animals, as well as dinosaur tracks.

The protected area was created in 1996, when the National Parks Administration acquired the land from private owners.

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Road to Cachi.
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References

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Administración de Parques Nacionales - National Parks Administration of Argentina (in Spanish and English)

National Parks of Argentina by region

Northwest	Baritú Calilegua Campo de los Alisos El Rey Los Cardones Talampaya¹

Gran Chaco	Chaco Copo Río Pilcomayo

Mesopotamia	El Palmar Iguazú¹ Mburucuyá Predelta

Cuyo	El Leoncito San Guillermo Sierra de las Quijadas

Sierras Pampeanas	Quebrada del Condorito

Pampas	Campos del Tuyú Islas de Santa Fe Lihué Calel

Patagonia	Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo Lago Puelo Laguna Blanca Lanín Los Alerces Los Arrayanes Los Glaciares¹ Monte León Nahuel Huapi Perito Moreno Tierra del Fuego

¹ Declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO

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