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This is a large wildland complex consisting of six individual wildland areas that total over 2.8 million hectares (7 million acres) in size extending from central Argentina into the eastern Chilean Andes.
All of the mapping of roads and developed areas was done using Google Earth. The wildland delineation was accomplished with an ESRI Model Builder model implemented in ArcGIS.
The following wildland areas are included in this complex:
1. This is a large wild area (over 2.7 million hectares) without roads and developments that extends from the town of Chilecito in Argentina to the edge of the Salar de Marichunga in Chile, west of Cerro Tres Cruces and Ojos del Salado on the Argentine/Chilean border.
2. This wild area contains Cerro Cadillal east of La Guardia, Chile. It is over 67,700 hectares in size. It is adjacent to the large Sierra Famatina-Ojos del Salado wild area (described above).
3. This wild area is part of the Sierra Famatina. It is separated by dirt roads from the rest of the Sierra Famatina. It is nearly 16,400 hectares in size. It is immediately north of the La Mejicana Mine.
4. This small wild area is west of Cerro Tres Cruces and east of Laguna Santa Rosa in Chile. It is over 9,700 hectares in size and is separated by a small dirt road from the Sierra Famatina - Ojos del Salado wild area.
5. This is a small wild area of 2,120 hectares, immediately east of Villa Union in Argentina. It is adjacent to the Sierra Famatina - Ojos del Salado wild area and separated by a dirt road.
6. This is a small wild area of 1,850 hectares, consisting of ridges extending east of Cerro Cadillal. Part of this area has mining activity. It is separated by dirt roads from Cerro Cadillal and Sierra Famatina-Ojos del Salado wild areas.
Copyright; Pacific Biodiversity Institute
PO Box 298
Winthrop, WA 98862 509-996-2490