Most southerly forest

The southernmost forest in the world is the Magellanic subantarctic forest of Argentina and Chile which lies between 48 and 56°S at the southern tip of South America. Its most southerly extreme, extending across the islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, comes within 800 kilometres (500 miles) of the Antarctic Peninsula.

The Magellanic subpolar forest is dominated by southern beech trees (genus Nothofagus).

Around half (46%) of this eco-region lies within protected areas.

Native fauna to this forest includes the Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus), cougar (Puma concolor), Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum), southern river otter (Lontra provocax) and the pudu, the world's smallest species of deer.