Cueva del Milodón
The Cueva del Milodón is a 200 m long cave in Chile . It was named after the prehistoric Mylodon ( giant sloth ) that was found in this cave in 1895 by the German adventurer Hermann Eberhard . At the entrance to the cave there is a monument showing a mylodon in its original size. The cave is located 24 km northwest of the city of Puerto Natales in the Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (Region XII).
The cave is classified as a Chilean National Monument (Monumentos Nacionales de Chile).
Web links
Commons : Cueva del Milodon - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Consejo De Monumentos Nacionales : Monumento Histórico: Cueva Del Milodón (Cueva Grande Y Chica)
Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 72 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W.