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Beagle Channel (Spanish: Canal del Beagle; Yahgan: Onašaga [1]) is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. [2] The channel separates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from various smaller islands including the islands of Picton, Lennox and ...
Holanda Glacier is a glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile. It is located at the east end of a group of glaciers line up on the north shore of the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel. The glacier terminus ends in a small proglacial lake.
The glacier as seen from the Beagle Channel. ... Alemania Glacier, also known as Roncagli Glacier, is a glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile ...
Romanche Glacier is a glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile. A cascade from the glacier tumbles into the Beagle Channel . The glacier was named for the French frigate La Romanche carrying a scientific expedition in 1882–1883.
In order to open a direct passage from the Moraleda Channel to the Messier Channel without to go out into the open Pacific Ocean to round the Taitao Peninsula, the Chilean Government ordered in 1937 the construction of a canal from the San Rafael Lagoon through the isthmus (2,200 m long, 17 m wide, 5 m depth) to the Negro River, that later ...
The largest glacier is the Marinelli, which is in a state of retreat as of 2008. [7] One of the most stunning portions of the park is the Seno Pía, an embayment of the Beagle Channel . [ 8 ] The glaciers and mountains in this area form an amazing scenery, which also comprises the majestic Mount Darwin.
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Italia Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile. It flows down in a southwest direction to its terminus in the Beagle Channel . References