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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 ...
The channel is part of a major waterway connecting the Strait of Magellan to the Beagle Channel: Magdalena Channel, Cockburn Channel, Brednock Pass, Ballenero Channel, Beagle Channel. Cockburn Channel and the Bárbara Channel have the same entrance into the Pacific, but it runs in an easterly direction along the south side of Clarence Island ...
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 ...
Bird's Head Peninsula and Raja Ampat Islands: Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) New Britain and Umboi Island: Danish straits: Refers collectively to the Danish straits Oresund, Fehmarn Belt, Little Belt and Great Belt between Scandinavia and Jutland. Dardanelles: Europe and Asia Davis Strait: Baffin Island and Greenland: Deception Pass: Puget ...
The Salviati Planisphere is a world map showing the Spanish view of the Earth's surface at the time of the map's creation, c. 1525, and includes the eastern coasts of North and South America and the Straits of Magellan. Rather than include imagined material in unexplored areas—as was customary—it is content to leave them blank, inviting ...
The Channel separates Clarence Island from Santa Ines, the next large island west of it, and is about 38 miles long from Magill Islands in the Pacific to Charles Islands in Magellan Strait. Hewett Bay is the first anchorage on the western shore of the southern entrance of Barbara Channel; there is anchorage in 9 fathoms in its north part.
Smyth Channel on the east side of Pedro Montt Island and Rennell Island Smyth Channel ( Spanish : Canal Smyth ) is a principal Patagonia channel . Its south arm is the southward continuation of the Sarmiento Channel and is located in Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region .
The islands and channels at the west entrance of the Strait of Magellan: Cockburn, Magdalena, Whiteside and Barbara Channels The channel is visible in the lower left corner. Magdalena Channel ( Spanish : Canal Magdalena ) is a Chilean channel joining the Strait of Magellan with the Cockburn Channel and is part of a major navigation route which ...