Wide Channel is an inside passage of the
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
Patagonia
Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and g ...
. It is long,
extending northward from the junction of
Concepción Channel and
Trinidad Channel, to Saumarez Island. The channel is located at .
[Earth Info, ''earth-info.nga.mil'' webpage:]
Wide Channel is flanked by precipitous mountains. The fjords Europa and Penguin open into this channel.
See also
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List of fjords, channels, sounds and straits of Chile
The information regarding fjords, channels, sound and straits of Chile on this page is compiled from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyCountry Files (GNS)The NGA country data of Chile data was retrieved on 19 January ...
References
Straits of Chile
Bodies of water of Magallanes Region
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