The Province of Prat Captain is located to the south of XI the Region of Aisén of General Carlos Ibáñez of the Field, has a surface of 37,247.2 km². Its provincial capital is the city of Cochrane.Se extends between the mountain range of the $andes and the level patagónicos. The climate in the coast is tempered marine cold, with abundant precipitations; in the interior he is estepárico more with low temperatures and reduced precipitations. The vegetation varies from formation wooded of ñires, mosses and líquenes to the steppe of pastizales in the Patagonia.. The province counts on a population of 3781 inhabitants (According to census year 1992) divided in the communes of Cochrane with a surface of 6,671 Km2 with 2,996 inhabitants, ÓHiggins with a surface of 9,506 with 337 inhabitants, and finally Tortel with a 21,347 surface of Km2 with 448 habitantes.Una environmental temperature minimum of - 20 °C and minimum temperatures of waters of - 1 °C approximately. The 2,000 Precipitations are approximately of mm/año, the maximum wind speed is of bursts of 70 knots and with Waves of a peak altitude approximated of 4 meters. Created in 1983, with a surface of 624,500 it has, it is located in the Commune of Tortel, Province Prat Captain. By its single geographic location the access is possible by sea, situation that added to the rigor of the environmental conditions counts neither on personnel nor on infrastructure.

Cochrane
Is the last city of importance of the Austral Highway. It was part of the Exploratory Society of Baker, one of the most important cattle companies than it gave beginning to the colonization in the region. To 6 kilometers of Cochrane it is the Lagoon Emerald, of an intense blue color. More ahead and from the way, the Chacabuco Lake is seen and a magnificent ventisquero.

Routes of Access
From Coihaique: towards the south by route 245, they are 40 kilometers of asphalt until the crossing with the route 7 (austral), by which there is to take towards the southwest until happening through desague of the General lake Carrera before arriving at Cochrane. Total of the route: 321 kilometers, of which last the 281 (carratera austral) is of debris. From Brown Expert (Argentina): towards the west by the Step the International Jeinemeni River and soon bordering the South coast of the General lake Carrera. Total of the route: 270 kilometers, of which the first 65 are asphalted.