New national park on ‘edge of the world’ will be built in two years: See the stunning photos

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Chile is preparing to create a new national park to protect its endangered wildlife and unique ecosystems.

The park,Cape (Cabo) Froward National Park,would stretch some 370,000 acres.

It would be located on the Brunswick Peninsula, according to Reuters.

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Forests, peatlands, glaciersand coastline can be found across the land.

Cape Froward sits at the southern tip of the Americas.

Cape Froward National Park would stretch about 370,000 acres and would be located on the Brunswick Peninsula. (Reuters/Pablo Sanhueza)

It’s been called a park “on the edge of the world,” a place where the Americas meet Antarctica.

Forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline can be found across the land.(Reuters/Pablo Sanhueza)

Wildlife coordinator Benjamín Caceres of Rewilding Chile, a nonprofit conservation foundation involved with the project, told Reuters the peninsula is a “mosaic ofmarine, coastal and land ecosystems.”

whale jumping Cape Froward National Park

“These are resilient places that maintain balance and create a refuge for species that are in danger of extinction,” said a wildlife expert. (Reuters/Pablo Sanhueza)

“These are resilient places that maintain balance and create a refuge for species that arein danger of extinction,” Caceres said.

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The land — considered a site ofcultural and historical heritage —is in ancestral Kawésqar territory.

Chile recorded foreign tourist arrivals in 2024. (Reuters/Pablo Sanhueza)

It’s an area tied to early “end-of-the-world” exploration history, according to Rewilding Chile.

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The park is home to the largest deer native to Chile, the endangered huemul deer.The stocky mammalhas short legs, thick fur and large ears, according to Discover Wildlife.