Valdes Peninsula
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How it came to be
In Chubut province, Argentina, the Valdés Peninsula juts more than 100 km into the South Atlantic, with about 400 km of shoreline. Its largest salt lake lies about 40 metres below sea level. The Tehuelche were its first inhabitants.
The surrounding waters are the world's most important breeding ground for southern right whales, and more than 1,500 come each year. The whales were protected from commercial whaling in 1935 and declared a national natural monument in 1985. Orcas strand themselves on the beaches to seize young sea lions and elephant seals, and the peninsula has the only breeding population of southern elephant seals on mainland Argentina.
The first nature reserves were created by provincial law in the 1960s, and the Golfo San José marine park followed in 1974. Sea lions were hunted legally until 1953 and illegally into the 1970s. The peninsula was inscribed in 1999.
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