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Map of the Dispute of Eastern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan between Argentina and Chile (1842–1881). The East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute [1] or the Patagonia Question was the boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile [2] during the 19th century [3] [4] for the possession of the southernmost territories of South America [5] on the ...
The dispute that arose in the northern Puna de Atacama was resolved with the Puna de Atacama Lawsuit of 1899, though its real cause was out of the scope of the 1881 boundary treaty and originated from transfers between Bolivia and Argentina of land occupied by Chile during the Pacific war. Some problems of the treaty
The leases were given on a 20-year basis. When the 20-years leases expired new auctions were held in 1903−1906 leading to further concentration of land ownership by a few large companies. [34] The concentration of land ownership around the strait was denounced in various works in the late 19th and early 20th-century. [39]
Land adjacent to the Strait of Magellan has been inhabited by indigenous Americans for at least 13,000 years. Upon their arrival in the region, they would have encountered native equines (), the large ground sloth Mylodon, saber toothed cats the extinct jaguar subspecies Panthera onca mesembrina, the bear Arctotherium, the superficially camel-like Macrauchenia, the fox-like canid Dusicyon avus ...
Chile founded Fort Bulnes on the coast of the Brunswick Peninsula in 1843 to take possession of the Strait of Magellan and the surrounding territory, prompting diplomatic protests from Argentina. The government of President Manuel Bulnes dispatched the schooner Ancud to take possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of Chile.
While Chile and Argentina claimed territories on both side of the 1984 defined border as own territories, the US and the European powers considered the land and islands often as Res nullius, although the Chilean settlement, and later city, of Punta Arenas at the Strait of Magellan existed since 1843. Maps of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego ...
The Atacama Desert border dispute between Bolivia and Chile (1825–1879) 1793 Map of Andrés Baleato showing Peru and Chile's border inside the Spanish Empire. When most of South America gained independence from Spain and Portugal in the 19th century the demarcation of frontiers was uncertain, particularly in remote, thinly populated portions ...
Two claimed definitions of the west mouth of the Straits of Magellan. The black line is the Chilean view of a single mouth, the yellow line represents the Argentine view which included several channels as part of the Straits for navigation treaty purposes. The west end of the Straits of Magellan was also a cause of conflict.