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Los Pingüinos Natural Monument : ウィキペディア英語版 | Los Pingüinos Natural Monument
Los Pingüinos Natural Monument ((スペイン語:Monumento natural Los Pingüinos), (英語:''The Penguins Natural Monument'')) is located northeast of Punta Arenas, Chile. Magdalena Island and the Marta Island, situated in the middle of the Strait of Magellan, is the main part of this natural monument. The largest penguin colonies of south Chile are on this island, including an estimated 60,000 breeding pairs of the Magellanic penguin. The islands are currently uninhabited by humans, but are a popular tourist destination. Each summer, thousands of tourists travel to the monument to see the penguins and other wildlife. At 85 hectares, Magdalena Island is the larger of the two islands, and receives most of the tourist traffic, while Marta is made up of only 12 hectares of surface area, and is not often included in tours.〔http://www.turismochile.com/guia/punta_arenas/articulos/738〕 CONAF (National Forest Corporation of Chile) manages the monument in an attempt to sustain both the tourism and the Magellanic penguins, for which the island has become a critical habitat. ==History== Prior to the 16th century, Magdalena and Marta Islands were inhabited by three pre-Hispanic cultures: the Selknam, the Yaghan, and the Kawesqar.〔Sanfuentes, Olaya and Claudio Almarza. 2013. "Monumentos Naturales de Chile". Patrimonio Cultural de Chile. http://www.patrimonio.cl/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Monumentosnaturales.pdf〕 These people had very little effect on the islands as they had a small population and also spent much time fishing at sea, rather than being on the island. The Selknam were forced to leave after Spanish colonialists brought sheep to the region, which eliminated the habitat of the guanaco, an animal similar to an alpaca, that they hunted. The Yaghan and Kawesqar also eventually abandoned the area due to colonial pressure. Though people no longer live on the islands, the human impacts are likely much greater than where there were inhabitants because thousands of people visit the islands each year. While many names for the islands have been used during early exploration by Spanish ships and pirates, their current names, Magdalena and Marta were given by a 16th century Spanish explorer, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa.〔http://www.biografiadechile.cl/detalle.php?IdContenido=674&IdCategoria=29&IdArea=212&status=S&TituloPagina=Historia%20de%20Chile&pos=9〕 Little history of the island from the time of Spanish colonialism to the present day has been recorded.
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