Tag: Juan Fernández archipelago

• Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:10 UTC

  Chile creates new 11.000 km2 marine eco-region in Juan Fernandez Island

  

  The alfonsin, the orange roughy and the cod, as well as a variety of species of fragile environments, are part of the ecosystem that is now located in the new Coastal Marine Protected Area of Multiple Uses (AMCP-MU) called “Mar de Juan Fernandez”, placed in the archipelago of the same name.

• Monday, September 5th 2011 - 05:56 UTC

  Two-day national mourning in Chile for the victims of the plane crash at sea

  

  Chile on Sunday declared two days of national mourning after rescuers gave up hope for 21 people believed killed when an air force plane crashed off Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crusoe) Island in the Pacific.

• Sunday, September 4th 2011 - 00:36 UTC

  Chile's Juan Fernadez plane crash, four bodies found

  

  After the first four bodies were salvaged from the Chilean aircraft and new parts of the fuselage were found, near Juan Fernández islands, Mayor Leopoldo González deemed it impossible that there are any survivors to the accident. “The plane is 26 metres below the sea,” he explaine.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:58 UTC

  Chilean military plane with 21 people crashes near Juan Fernandez Island

  

  A military plane with 21 people aboard went missing off Chile's Pacific coast near the Juan Fernandez Islands, authorities said on Friday.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 18:24 UTC

  Plan in Juan Fernandez archipelago to protect Chilean endangered species

  

  With 131 plant species unique to the Chilean Juan Fernández archipelago, nature enthusiasts and experts sometimes hail the island chain as the Galapagos of flora.