Punta Delgada is a small town in the far south of
Chile, close to the border with
Argentina, on the RN255 between
Punta Arenas and
Rio Gallegos
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. It is the principal settlement in
San Gregorio commune in
Magallanes Province.
Since 1921, there has been a Military Station in the town holding a full
Infantry Battalion of the
Chilean Army plus a small boat flotilla of the Chilean Navy along with
Chilean Navy Signals/Communications HQ as well as a Navy
SIGINT and
Naval Intelligence forward base. Nearby is a ferry terminal at the
Primera Angostura
Primera Angostura is a sound of the Strait of Magellan in the Chilean region of Magallanes. It is located near Punta Delgada.
It lies between the commune of San Gregorio, in Magallanes Province, to the north, and the commune of Primavera, in ...
, from where the ''
Pionero
The Pionero is a ferry operating in Tierra Del Fuego owned and run by the Chilean firm Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A. It serves the Strait of Magellan between Punta Delgada and Punta Espora across the Primera Angostura
Primera Angostura is ...
'' crosses the
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan (), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is considered the most important natural pass ...
to
Tierra del Fuego.
Pali-Aike National Park
The Pali-Aike National Park is a park located in the Magallanes Region of Patagonia in Chile. ''Pali-Aike'' is a Tehuelche name that means ''Desolate Place''. Created in 1970, it covers an area of and includes part of the Pali-Aike Volcanic Fie ...
lies 18 km north of the town.
See also
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Lighthouses in Chile
Chile has a large and intricate coastline of 4000 km with myriads of islands, islets, straits, bays, and fjords.
Moreover, three waterways between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, namely the Strait of Magellan, the Beagle Channel and ...
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List of lighthouses in Chile
In order to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, safe entries to harbors the Chilean authorities maintain 650 lighthouses from the boundary to Peru until the Atlantic Ocean. Information on these lighthouses is presented in the follow ...
References
Populated places in Magallanes Province
Populated places in the Strait of Magellan
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