Benjamín Muñoz Gamero ( Mendoza,

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, March 31, 1817 –

Punta Arenas Punta Arenas (; historically Sandy Point in English) is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena. The city was officially renamed as Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to "Punta Are ...

, Chile, December 3, 1851) was a Chilean

naval officer An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent contex ...

, senator and governor of

in the

Straits of Magellan The Strait of Magellan (), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is considered the most important natural pas ...

. He was killed during the

Mutiny of Cambiazo The failed Mutiny of Cambiazo occurred during the 1851 Chilean Revolution in Punta Arenas. The leader of the mutiny, José Miguel Cambiazo, had arrived to Punta Arenas as part of the company "La Fija de Magallanes". In October 1851, 29 convicts a ...

in 1851.

Muñoz Gamero Peninsula Muñoz Gamero Peninsula () is a peninsula in Chile. It is bordered on the west by the Smyth Channel and is connected to the Patagonia mainland by a narrow isthmus, between Skyring Sound to the south and the Obstrucción estuary to the north. The p ...

is named after him.

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* Castillo Infante, Fernando; Cortés, Lia and Fuentes, Jordi (1996). ''Diccionario Histórico y Biográfico de Chile''. Editorial Zig-Zag, Santiago de Chile, pp. 331–332. Chilean Navy officers 1817 births 1851 deaths Chilean Navy personnel of the War of the Confederation People of the 1851 Chilean Revolution 19th-century Chilean Navy personnel People from Mendoza, Argentina Governors of Magallanes Chilean people of Basque descent Argentine people of Basque descent Chilean people of Spanish descent {{Chile-politician-stub

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