Alfaguara project
Blue whale conservation project in Southern Chile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Alfaguara project is a marine life conservation project operated from Puñihuil in the northwest of Chiloé Island, the main island in the Chiloé Archipelago in southern Chile.
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Location | Chile, Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | 42.376807°S 74.53949°W / -42.376807; -74.53949 |
Established | 2008 |
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"Alfaguara" was the name given to blue whales by Chilean whalers. The focus of the project is on preservation of these endangered animals, the largest in the world.[1] The project is operated by the Centro de Conservacion Cetacea (CCC), established in 2001.[2] Its studies have made the Chiloé blue whale population one of the best understood in the southern hemisphere.[3]