300px, Satellite image of Inútil Bay and the Strait of Magellan. Selected settlements are marked with yellow dots. Inútil Bay (Spanish: ''Bahía Inútil'') or Useless Bay is a bay in the western and Chilean part of Tierra del Fuego Island. Located as a body of water in the Strait of Magellan, Inútil Bay provides access to

Camerón Villa Cameron is a hamlet ( es, aldea ) in southern Tierra del Fuego Island, and is the head of Timaukel commune, in Magallanes Region The Magallanes Region (), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region ( es, Región de Magall ...

and other settlements in

Timaukel Timaukel is a commune located in the Chilean part of Tierra del Fuego Island. It is part of Tierra del Fuego Province in Magallanes Region. The commune is administered by the municipality in Villa Cameron, which is the main port and settlement ...

commune. Timaukel commune used to be called ''Bahía Inútil''. The Spanish word ''inútil'' can be translated as ''useless.'' The bay was thus named in 1827 by Captain

Phillip Parker King Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King, FRS, RN (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts. Early life and education King was born on Norfolk Island, to Philip Gidley King and Ann ...

, because it afforded "neither anchorage nor shelter, nor any other advantage for the navigator".

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Strait of Magellan Bays of Chile Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Bodies of water of Magallanes Region {{MagallanesyAntártica-geo-stub