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Magdalena Channel () is a
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 ...
an
channel joining the
Strait of Magellan with the
Cockburn Channel and is part of a major navigation route which ultimately connects with the
Beagle Channel
Beagle Channel (; Yahgan: ''Onašaga'') is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. The channel separates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego f ...
. It separates
Capitán Aracena Island from the westernmost portion of
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (English: ''Big Island of the Land of Fire'') also formerly ''Isla de Xátiva''Alberto de Agostini National Park
Alberto de Agostini National Park () is a protected area that was created on January 22, 1965, on land that was formerly part of the "Hollanda" forest reserve and "Hernando de Magallanes National Park". It covers and includes the Cordillera Darw ...
. It is flanked by mountains, the chief of which is
Monte Sarmiento. Like the
Abra Channel and the
Bárbara Channel farther west, it joins the western part of the Strait of Magellan directly to the Pacific Ocean.
It is located at .
[Earth Info, ''earth-info.nga.mil'' webpage: .]
See also
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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 ...
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List of fjords, channels, sounds and straits of Chile
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List of islands of Chile
This is a list of islands of Chile, as listed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyCountry Files (GNS)The data was retrieved on 19 January 2013 and thwere "ISL" and "ISLS" The country has 43,471 islands, according to the Chilean Ministr ...
References
Straits of Chile
Bodies of water of Magallanes Region
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