Corral Bay is a bay in the mouth of the

Valdivia River The Valdivia River or Río Valdivia, as it is known locally, is a major river in southern Chile. It is the continuation of the Calle-Calle River, from the point where it meets the Cau-Cau River in the city of Valdivia. The Valdivia river ends in C ...

, southern

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. Its main towns are

Corral A pen is an enclosure for holding livestock. It may also perhaps be used as a term for an enclosure for other animals such as pets that are unwanted inside the house. The term describes types of enclosures that may confine one or many animal ...

and Niebla. The mouth of the bay is between Juan Latorre point and

Morro Gonzalo Morro Gonzalo is a steep hill and northward headland marking the western limit of Corral Bay in Chile. During colonial times it hosted an observation post and a cannon of 4 pounds which was part of the Valdivian Fort System. There is a South Amer ...

, with a width of 5.5 km. All the year the bay is transited by merchant, transport and fish boats. The bay is famous for being one of the most fortified bays in

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in colonial time (see:

Valdivian Fort System The Fort System of Valdivia ( es, Sistema de fuertes de Valdivia) is a series of Spanish colonial fortifications at Corral Bay, Valdivia and Cruces River established to protect the city of Valdivia, in southern Chile. During the period of Spani ...

). The outer limits of the bay are

in the southwest and Punta Juan Latorre in the northeast. The amplitude of the

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is of 1,28 m. Except the areas next to shores the depths of the bay range from 4.5 to 15 m.

External links

Satellite image of Corral Bay

References

Bays of Chile Landforms of Los Ríos Region {{LosRíos-geo-stub