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International relations between the Republic of Chile and the Argentine Republic have existed for decades. The border between the two countries is the world's third-longest international border, which is 5,300 km (3,300 mi) long and runs from north to south along the Andes mountains.
Argentina declared its independence from Spain in 1816 and Chile did so in 1818. Once the Spaniards had been expelled, relations between the two nations soured primarily due to a border dispute: both claimed to have inherited overlapping parts of Patagonia. The Chilean constitution of 1833 established the Andes as its eastern boundary.
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 ...
Map of the dispute. The dispute over the extended continental shelf in the Southern Zone Sea between Argentina and Chile [1] [2] is a disagreement between the two countries over a maritime area of 5,302 km² that began after Argentina attempted to extend its maritime space based on the theory of the extended continental shelf over the Southern Zone Sea (Spanish: Mar de la Zona Austral), [3 ...
The Argentina–Chile border is the longest international border of South America and the third longest in the world after the Canada–United States border and the Kazakhstan–Russia border. With a length of 5,308 kilometres (3,298 mi), [1] it separates Argentina from Chile along the Andes and on the islands of Tierra del Fuego.
See Argentina–Chile relations. Chile and Argentina were close allies during the wars of independence against Spain. Argentine General José de San Martín crossed the Andes with Chilean independence hero Bernardo O'Higgins and together they defeated the Spaniards. However, after independence, relations soured.
The treaty recognizes the Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina and its «…supplementary and declaratory instruments…» as the unshakeable foundation of relations between Chile and Argentina and defines the border «…from the end of the existing boundary in the Beagle Channel, i.e., the point fixed by the coordinates 55°07. ...
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