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The Chilean Antarctic Territory, or Chilean Antarctica (Spanish: Territorio Chileno Antártico, Antártica Chilena), is a part of West Antarctica and nearby islands claimed by Chile. It comprises the region south of 60°S latitude and between longitudes 53°W and 90°W , [ 2 ] partially overlapping the Antarctic claims of Argentina ( Argentine ...
In 1525, Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces discovered the Drake Passage while sailing south from the entrance of the Strait of Magellan. [2] Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as the "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries it is mostly known as “Pasaje de Drake” (in Argentina, mainly), or ...
Antarctica: South Pole: 90°00′S: Antarctic Circle: 66°33′39"S South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) Southern Thule: 59°42′S Chile: Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands Cape Froward (mainland) 56°32′S 53°53′S Argentina: Southernmost point of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Monte Dinero (mainland) 55°04 ...
The first Antarctic research stations were established during World War II by a British military operation, Operation Tabarin. [8] The 1950s saw a marked increase in the number of research bases as Britain, Chile and Argentina competed to make claims over the same area. [9] Meteorology and geology were the primary research subjects.
Chile, [a] officially the Republic of Chile, [b] is a country in western South America.It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
Ushuaia is the most southerly of the gateway cities and is located roughly 1000 km from the Antarctic Peninsula. Ushuaia is by far the most popular gateway city for tourism to Antarctica, accounting for 90% of all tourists to the continent. [18] Nearly all of the passengers departing Ushuaia for Antarctica travel by cruise ship.
Nearly 1,500 academics, researchers and scientists specializing in Antarctica gathered in southern Chile for the 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference this week to share the ...
Puerto Toro is considered to be a sub-Antarctic tundra climate in the Köppen climate classification, despite the fact that it is surrounded by forests.However, it still has very mild winters for a tundra climate and if it had a daily mean in any month more than 50 F (10 C), it would be a Cfc (subpolar oceanic) or a cold semidesert (it has less than 20 in of rain a year) climate, not a Dfc ...