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Punta Arenas. Playa Punta Arenas is the most western tip of Margarita Island.It is a fine white sand beach and home for many of the local fishermen. The fishermen's huts extend along a beach which leads to a sandy point which gives its name to both the village and the beach.
Croatian immigration to Punta Arenas was a crucial development in the region of Magallanes and the city in particular. Currently, this influence is still reflected in the names of shops, streets and many buildings. Punta Arenas is said to have the largest percentage of Croatians in the world outside Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. [citation ...
Punta Arena Airstrip is a privately owned public-use paved airstrip located to the North East of San Juan de los Planes, Municipality of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, near the Gulf of California coast, in the area of Punta Arena and Bahía de los Muertos (near the "Bay of Dreams" residential development).
The Nao Victoria Museum is a private maritime museum located in Punta Arenas, Chile.It has been open to the public since 1 October 2011. The museum offers interactive displays featuring replicas of the ships that contributed to the discovery of the area, helped colonize the territory, or had a special and historic heritage significance for the Magallanes Region of Chile.
A replica of Victoria, one of Magellan's ships, in the Museo Nao Victoria, Punta Arenas, Chile The first European contact in this area was evidently the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan . [ 12 ] ( A report by António Galvão in 1563 that mentions early charts showing the strait as " Dragon's Tail " has led to speculation that there might have been ...
Punta Arenas is a city in the far south of Chile. Punta Arenas may also refer to: Punta Arenas, Peru; Playa Punta Arenas, a beach on Margarita Island, Venezuela; Point Arena, California, United States, formerly Punta Arenas; Punta Arenas, a sand spit partially sheltering the waterfront of Bahía de los Ángeles in Mexico
The Croatian community first established itself in two provinces situated at the extreme ends of Chile: Antofagasta, in the Atacama desert of the north and Punta Arenas in the Patagonian region in the south. The large arrival of Croats in Chile began in 1864 and the migration grew steadily until 1956 – reaching several more than 6,000.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Punta Arenas This page was last edited on 8 August 2023, at 08:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...