300px, Map of the Isthmus of Ofqui area. In red a 20th-century canal project. San Javier Island ( es, Isla San Javier) is an island in the fjords and channels of southern Chile. The island lies immediately to the east of 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, but it affords entrance to several nat ...

and south of the Gulf of San Esteban. Administratively the island belong to the commune of

Tortel Tortel is a Chilean commune located at the outflow of the Baker River and Pascua River to the Pacific Ocean. It lies between the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the Capitán Prat Province in the Aysén Region. The commune is adm ...

Aysén Region The Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region ( es, Región de Aysén, , '), often shortened to Aysén Region or Aisén,Examples of name usage1, official regional government site refers to the region as "Región de Aysén"., Chile's of ...

. The

Antonio de Vea expedition The Antonio de Vea expedition of 1675–1676 was a Spanish naval expedition to the fjords and channels of Patagonia aimed to find whether rival colonial powers—specifically, the English—were active in the region. While this was not the first ...

reached the island on December 25, 1675 calling it "Isla San Esteban".

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Islands of Aysén Region Uninhabited islands of Chile {{Aisén-geo-stub