''Fallos Channel'' (Spanish: ''Canal Fallos'') is a

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in the Aisen Region of

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that runs north of

Ladrillero Channel The Ladrillero Channel is a strait between Angamos Island and Stosch Island in the Magallanes Region of Chile. It forms, with the Picton Channel and the Fallos Channel, an optional route to the Messier Channel-Grappler Channel-Wide Channel. It has ...

between the Little Wellington Island and Prat Island at the east and

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at the west. It forms with the Ladrillero and

Picton Channel ''Picton Channel'' (Spanish: ''Canal Picton'') is a waterway in the Magallanes Region of Chile that continues southward the Ladrillero Channel, and it runs between the Chipana Island (east) and Mornington Island (Chile) (west). With the Ladrille ...

an optional route to the

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. It has several arms or fiords. It joins the Adalberto Channel and the Castillo Channel, which are at this latitude the borderline between the Aisen Region and the

Magallanes Region The Magallanes Region (), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region ( es, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is the southernmost, largest, and second lea ...

. The

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South America Pilot
(1916) states: :''Fallos Channel has an average breadth of from 1½ to 2 miles, is deep and clear of rocks, and abounds in anchorages for small vessels.'' :''From The Knick, where Ladrillero Channel terminates, Fallos Channel trends in a northerly direction for 65 miles, where it joins the

Gulf of Penas The Gulf of Penas (''Golfo de Penas'' in Spanish, meaning "gulf of distress") is a body of water located south of the Taitao Peninsula, Chile. Geography It is open to the westerly storms of the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the la ...

. It has the great disadvantage of having no anchorage for large vessels near the entrance from that gulf, in case of meeting a northwest gale.'' :''The esteros of Don Jose, Artigas, Sofia, Corto, and Triple have their mouths in Fallog Channel. They are navigable for any class of ships, but near their heads narrow down so as to make the working of a ship difficult. They are unimportant to navigation, having no practical anchorage. Dona Elvira Bay, in Estero Don Jose, is spacious and perfectly sheltered against the winds, but so deep that it can not be used as an anchorage. The Chilean steamer Toro found no bottom at 40 fathoms in the center of the bay.'' :''Machado Channel branches from Fallos Channeal near The Knick and separates Angamos Island from the continent. It runs in a southerly direction for nearly 30 miles, diminishing in width as it reaches farther south. In its narrow part it is perfectly straight and not difficult to navigate. The five esteros emptying on its east side are unimportant and without anchorage. On the western side of its southern end is Port Abrigado, with excellent anchorage in about 10 fathoms, muddy bottom, and good holding ground.'' :''Preussische Bay is on the western shore of The Knick, and is divided into three arms, named, respectively, Konigs Harbor, Bachem Bay, and Deep Bay. The Albatross steamed up Bachem Bay, which was found obstructed by rocks.''

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