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Cueva del Milodon Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, 24 km northwest of Puerto Natales and 270 km north of Punta Arenas. It comprises three caves and a rocky formation called Silla de Diablo (Devil's Chair).
The monument is notable for the discovery in 1896 of skin, bones and other parts of a giant ground sloth called Mylodon (Mylodon darwini).
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Monumento Natural Cueva del Milodon
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