Refugio Huanqui
The place
Refugio Huanqui ("Huanqui Refuge", Mapudungun for "grandchild"/"star") in the Los Ríos Region, Valdivia/Corral sector (Pacific coast, southern Chile, Chile), at 743 m elevation, Coastal Range. Continuous Chile cluster (batches 245-352, ~9 entries). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Chile missing from the country base. DAC refuge in the Valdivian temperate rainforest (endemic biome covering 5% of Chile's surface, the richest such biome outside Europe, with Nothofagus dombeyi coihue and Fitzroya cupressoides alerce, plus Araucaria Pehuén, the world's oldest tree at 3,500 years discovered in 1975), in the Valdivia area (founded 1552 by conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, killed in 1553 at the Battle of Tucapel by Mapuche leader Lautaro + 1571 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the town + 1850s German immigration, Bavarian colony contract for 20,000 European migrants, Kunstmann brewery + Valdivia earthquake 22 May 1960, M 9.5, the strongest ever recorded on Earth, 5,000 dead).
The setting
Los Ríos, Valdivia/Corral, Pacific coast southern Chile, 743 m, Coastal Range, continuous cluster batches 245-352 ~9 entries, DAC Valdivian rainforest 5% of Chile richest outside Europe Nothofagus dombeyi coihue + Fitzroya cupressoides alerce 3,500 years discovered 1975 + Araucaria Pehuén, Valdivia founded 1552 Pedro de Valdivia killed 1553 Tucapel Lautaro Mapuche + 1571 earthquake-tsunami + 1850s Bavarian Kunstmann 20,000 Europeans + 22 May 1960 M 9.5 strongest on Earth 5,000 dead, ANOMALY Chile missing.
