Stosch Island (Spanish: ''Isla Stosch'') is an island located between the
Angamos Island
Angamos Island (Spanish: ''Isla Angamos'') is an island in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region, Chile located between Ladrillero, Machado
Machado is a surname of Portuguese origin meaning the word "axe" or "hatchet" dating back to appro ...
(east) and the
Covadonga
Covadonga ( Asturian: ''Cuadonga'', from ''cova domnica'' "Cave of Our Lady"Juan Gil Fernández, José L. Moralejo, Juan Ignacio Ruiz de la Peña, ''Crónicas asturianas'', Universidad de Oviedo, 1985,
p. 203.) is one of 11 parishes in Ca ...
(northwest) and
Carlos Island
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Places
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* Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community
* Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County
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s (west). The
Ladrillero Channel
The Ladrillero Channel is a strait between Angamos Island and Stosch Island in the Magallanes Region of Chile. It forms, with the Picton Channel and the Fallos Channel, an optional route to the Messier Channel-Grappler Channel-Wide Channel. It has ...
runs at the East side. The ''Golfo Ladrillero'' is at the South shore of Stosch Island. At the West shore is the Pacific ocean.
The island is named after
German
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Admiral
Albrecht von Stosch
Albrecht von Stosch (20 April 1818 – 29 February 1896) was a German General of the Infantry and admiral who served as first chief of the newly created Imperial German Navy from 1872 to 1883.
Life
Born in Koblenz, he was a cousin of Hans Stos ...
.
See also
*
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 ...
External links
Islands of Chile @ United Nations Environment ProgrammeWorld island information @ WorldIslandInfo.comSouth America Island High Points above 1000 meters*
United States Hydrographic Office
The United States Hydrographic Office prepared and published maps, charts, and nautical books required in navigation.
The office was established by an act of 21 June 1866 as part of the Bureau of Navigation, Department of the Navy.
It was transfe ...
South America Pilot(1916)
Islands of Magallanes Region
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