Penguins Colony / Pinguinera Traditional Geocache
Penguins Colony / Pinguinera
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Cabo Virgenes Penguin's colony.
This cache is placed near the Penguin’s colony of Cabo Virgenes.
Cabo Virgenes lies at the northern tip of the mouth of the Straits of Magellan. It is 150 kilometers from the town of Rio Gallegos in Argentina, and easily reached by tourists wishing to see penguins. It is owned by the Argentine government, who charge a small entrance fee, which is used to protect the colony by having park wardens living on site.
Cabo Virgenes is one of the largest Magellanic penguin colonies in Argentina, with a population of about 120,000 breeding pairs. It is also one of the long-term study sites of the Organization for the Conservation of Penguins, where they study population trends, breeding success, chick mortality and the effects of tourism. With Park Wardens protecting the site, and the studies monitoring the effects of tourism, tourists can be confident that they are not harming the wildlife they come to visit. A no-fishing zone placed around the colony also helps to ensure that the penguins' food resources are not depleted by commercial fishing, as they are in the Falkland Islands.
Organization for the Conservation of Penguins offers additional information on Penguins and their Adopt-a-Peguin program at their website (visit link) .
Since we love Penguins and we have visited this area many years ago, we have adopted our own penguin “Cipollino” and we would like to dedicate this cache to Penguins and all Penguin lovers.
ABOUT THE CACHE:
The cache is hidden outside the park, beside the road leading to the penguin colony.
The cache is a regular size hermetic plastic container with a logbook and place for trackables and other small items.
Additional Hints
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