Lagoa do Peixe National Park

Lagoa do Peixe National Park
Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe
IUCN category II (national park)
Lagoa do Peixe National Park
Nearest city	Porto Alegre
Coordinates	31°14′28″S 50°57′32″W / 31.241°S 50.959°W / -31.241; -50.959
Area	36,721 hectares (90,740 acres)
Designation	National park
Created	6 November 1986
Administrator	ICMBio
Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Lagoa do Peixe
Designated	24 May 1993
Reference no.	603[1]

Lagoa do Peixe National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Lagoa do Peixe) is a national park in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was created in 1986 to protect a wintering zone for migratory birds along the Lagoa dos Patos, the estuary of the Guaiba river or Guaíba Lake about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Porto Alegre.