More than 200 underwater mountains run from the Chilean coast out to Rapa Nui, carrying species found nowhere else — and three-quarters of the chain sits in international waters with no protection at all.
2,900kilometresLength of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridge chain
200seamountsSeamounts in the chain
A Patagonian research foundation's whale science helped Chile create a 100,000-hectare marine park protecting one of the Southern Hemisphere's last blue whale feeding grounds.
100khectaresTic-Toc Golfo Corcovado Marine Park established with MERI research support
4speciesWhale species monitored by MERI's AI acoustic buoy network
A German-founded conservation group backs Chilean and Peruvian rescue centres, colony censuses and fishing communities working to save the Humboldt penguin from extinction.
15.7kpenguinsHumboldt penguins counted in Peru colony census
70organizationsOrganisations in the Alianza Humboldt network