Robinson Drifting Island How Does Defoe's Illusory World Differ from Reality (3) # Robinson Crusoe # # Defoe # Robinson # # Chile # Travel # # Tourism # # Literature #
🍭🍭 The Juan Fernández Archipelago, near central Chile, is the only two options for ecological fans to chase.
✈️✈️ A 2-hour flight from Santiago, chile's capital, you'll arrive at Robinson Drifting Island, the main island of the Juan Fernandez Archipelago.
⛰⛰ The archipelago islands are unique and scenic, with more than 600 meters of sea cliffs and magnificent ravines.
👣👣 Parts of the island above 600 meters above sea level are often shrouded in clouds, water is dripping from the leaves, and the forests there are soaked all year round, and these forests are composed of more than 130 endemic tree species unique in the world, most of which are considered critically endangered species, with specific ecosystems - the Juan Fernandez Archipelago temperate forest, only the Juan Fernandez Islands, which is basically robinson Drifting Island, which has the highest density of endemic plants per unit area in the world . No other marine island can compete in this regard. As a result, the Juan Fernández Archipelago is one of the two hotspots in the world for ecological fans, the other being the famous Galapagos Archipelago.
🦜🦜 The island's fragile ecosystem depends on its unique wildlife, and the number of endemic animal species on the island is not so impressive relative to the number of endemic plants on the island, with about 230 species of endemic animals known, including yellow-winged termites (Kalotermes graciligatus), the fire-crested hummingbird (Juan Fernández Firecrown), and others. In addition to land animals, more than 60 percent of the marine species in the waters off Robinson Drift Island are native to the area, and in 1977 a biosphere reserve was established here. Chile has announced the creation of the huge Juan Fernandez Marine Park, which covers an area of 262,000 square kilometers, and is one of the largest protected areas in the Pacific Ocean. Native species in MPAs include algae, marine mammals, especially shellfish and fish; It is the only place in the world where clawless lobsters can be eaten, and in recent years ecological protection has been valued, and about 150 fishing families on the island currently have the right to catch lobsters, which can be inherited but not bought and sold.
Credit Callum Thompson
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