Espíritu Santo Cape () is a headland in
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla ...
at the eastern entrance of the
Strait of Magellan on its southern, opposite
Punta Dungeness in the mainland. Espíritu Santo Cape marks the border between
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
and
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 ...
, and according to the
the line between Punta Dungeness and Cabo del Espiritu Santo marks the limits of each country's territorial waters.
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Landforms of Magallanes Region
Espiritu sato
Headlands of Chile
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Argentina–Chile border
Strait of Magellan
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