📜 Small island off Punta del Este, Uruguay.
🔍 Natural reserve, part of Coastal Islands National Park.
🌊 Observe the largest colony of sea lions and fur seals in the southern hemisphere.
🐋 Whale-watching spot for Southern right whales and orcas.
💡 Visit South America's tallest automated lighthouse.
🏞️ Explore a protected natural reserve.
🚫 Access only via organized tours.
🗓️ First documented by Spanish navigator Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516.
🏗️ Lighthouse built in 1858, automated in 2001.
⚖️ Hunting marine life prohibited since 1991.
🐾 Over 1,500 sea lions and 250,000 fur seals (2005 census).
🐦 Also visited by elephant seals and various birds.
📍 Approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) southeast of Punta del Este.
🌊 Located at the outer limit of the Rio de la Plata estuary.
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