Inocentes Channel (Spanish ''Canal Inocentes'') is a strait in
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 ...
that reaches from the
Guía Narrows (''Angostura Guías'') 18 miles to the northern extreme of Inocentes Island, where it joins the
Concepción Channel. The south side of the strait is formed by a succession of high cones sloping to the northwest and ending in the Clements Group.
On the north side are three precipitous
headlands with deep inlets between them. The land then trends to the northward, and the foreground consists of islands rising to about 400 feet in height.
See also
*
Fjords and channels of Chile The southern coast of Chile presents a large number of fjords and fjord-like channels from the latitudes of Cape Horn (55° S) to Reloncaví Estuary (42° S). Some fjords and channels are important navigable channels providing access to ports like P ...
References
External links
* United States Hydrographic Office
South America Pilot (1916) page 411
Straits of Chile
Bodies of water of Magallanes Region
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