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The NGA country data of Chile data was retrieved on 19 January 2013

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This list contains only: # Listnr - List number (Wikipedia intern) # Full name - reversed generic. The full name is the complete name that identifies a named feature. The full name is output in reversed generic, "Desertores, Canal" as stored in the database, as opposed to the reading order, "Canal Desertores". # Latitude of the feature in ± decimal degrees # Longitude of the feature in ± decimal degrees # Unique Feature Identifier (UFI) is a number which uniquely identifies a Geoname feature. Same UFI means same feature. # FDC is the Feature Designation Code # Other names listed by NGA for the same feature This list doesn't include Chilean claims in the

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. NGA lists 1447 names for 838 features with generics like "Fiordo", "Seno", "Canal", "Paso", "Bahía", "Brazo", "Estrecho", "Ensenada", "Estero". This compilation moved repeated UFIs to the last column of the first name given by NGA. NGA gives following definition of the features i
Feature Designation Code
:CHNM, marine channel, that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable :CHNN, navigation channel, a buoyed channel of sufficient depth for the safe navigation of vessels :STRT, strait, a relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water :FJD(S), fjord(s), a long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm(s) of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts :SD, sound, a long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water Although some features are called "Bahía", the designation code "BAY" was not selected.

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List of fjords, channels, sounds and straits of Chile

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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 transf ...

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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 ...

Fjords 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, Icela ...