Tortel Fjord ( es, Fiordo de Tortel) is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Chile's
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 village of
Caleta Tortel
Caleta Tortel is a coastal village ( es, aldea) in Chile. It is the administrative centre of the commune of Tortel and is located between the mouth of the Baker River the largest river in Chile and a small embayment of the Baker Channel. The surr ...
is located at the head of
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
. The fjord may lie in a zone of
tectonic extension.
The shores of the fiord are known to freeze in
exceptionally cold winters.
References
Fjords of Chile
Bodies of water of Aysén Region
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