Which Chilean national park is known for the granite towers of Torres del Paine?

Which Chilean national park is known for the granite towers of Torres del Paine? Torres del Paine National Park is the accepted answer. The park’s centerpiece is the Paine Massif, whose three distinctive granite towers give the park its name.

Located in southern Chilean Patagonia, the park was established in 1959 and protects a dramatic mix of mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, forests, and Patagonian steppe. It lies about 112 kilometres north of Puerto Natales in the Magallanes Region.

The three main towers are Torre d’Agostini, Torre Central, and Torre Monzino. Nearby formations called the Cuernos del Paine, or “Horns of Paine,” have darker upper layers contrasting with exposed granite. Glacial erosion helped shape many of the park’s valleys, cliffs, and waterways.

Torres del Paine is also known for Grey Glacier, Lake Pehoé, Lake Nordenskiöld, and the W Trek and Circuit trekking routes. “Paine” means “blue” in the Tehuelche Aonikenk language, and the park borders Bernardo O’Higgins National Park to the west.