The Staten Island
Reservation includes not only the Staten
Island itself but also a number of Islands
that surrounds it and the New Year’s
Day Archipelago. Altogether, they cover
50,736 acres.
Staten Island is the largest and it’s
located in the most eastern extreme of
the Southern Andes. Its humid climate,
with an annual precipitation close to
2,000 mm, supports evergreen forests,
consisting mainly of guindos (Nothofagus
betuloides) and canelos (Drymis Winterii).
A dense fern, lichen and moss Soto Bosque
give it an exuberant appearance which
will turn out to be almost stunning for
the eye of the unprepared explorer. Turf
and coastal grasslands will surprise with
their presence too.
The Island’s jagged coastline with
fjords, coves and bays, offers the perfect
habitat for coastal species, with an important
community of invertebrates which become
the food for a wide diversity of seabirds
and other species.
The Island counts also with different
historical sites of interest for those
who have an adventurous spirit, bound
to human townships during the 19th and
20th centuries dedicated to seal and penguin
hunting. Furthermore, the history of countless
shipwrecks goes back to famous pioneers
such as Jacobo Le Maire, García
de Nodal, L´Hermite, Bouwer, Anson,
Byron, Pizarro, James Cook, Colnett, Malaspina,
Juan José Elizalde, Henry Foster,
Luis Vernet, Cap Parker King, Cap Fitz
Roy, Charles Darwin , Luis Piedrabuena.
Holmberg, Beauvoir, Adrian Gerlache, Fagnano,
among others…it’s a dreamed
voyage where you may become one of them!
