Puerto Chacabuco is a

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 town in Aisén commune. Administratively it belongs to

Aysén Province Aysén Province ( es, Provincia de Aysén) is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Aysen (XI). Its capital is Puerto Aysén. Demographics The province had a 2002 population of 23,498 according to the census by the National Statistics I ...

in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and is located at the head of

Aisén Fjord Aysén Fjord is an ~70 km long fjord stretching east from a skerry-guarded ( skjærgård) region called Moraleda Channel ( es, Canal Moraleda), which is a body of water separating the Chonos Archipelago from the mainland of Chile. It is locat ...

. It is the main port of the region, a port of call for ships sailing to the

Laguna San Rafael National Park Laguna San Rafael National Park () is a park located on the Pacific coast of southern Chile. The park is named for the San Rafael Lagoon formed by the retreat of the San Rafael Glacier. Created in 1959, it covers an area of and includes the Nort ...

and the terminus of a Navimag ferry service from

Puerto Montt Puerto Montt (Mapuche: Meli Pulli) is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago. The commune spa ...

MS LECHSTEIN NDL in the port of Puerto Aisen 1960

Before the great burnings of the Patagonian forests and the eruption of

Mount Hudson Mount Hudson ( es, Volcán Hudson, es, Monte Hudson, label=none) is a stratovolcano in southern Chile, and the site of one of the largest eruptions in the twentieth century. The mountain itself is covered by a glacier. There is a caldera at th ...

volcano in 1991

Puerto Aisén Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places * El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain *Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines * Puerto Colombia, Colombia * Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela * Puerto Galera, O ...

was the main port in the

, but the ashes and earth

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distin ...

decreased the navigability of

Aisén River Aisén or Aysén may refer to: *Aisén (name), an African name for a boy or a girl Places

*Aysén, Chile, a commune in Aysén Province *Aysén Region, one of Chile's administrative divisions *Aysén Province, a province in the Chilean region ...

and the port had to be moved further to the coast where Puerto Chacabuco now stands. Puerto Chacabuco is named after the

corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...

Chacabuco Chacabuco is one of the many abandoned nitrate or "saltpeter" towns ("oficinas salitreras" in Spanish) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Other nitrate towns of the Atacama Desert include Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works. Unlik ...

'' with which

Enrique Simpson Enrique Simpson Baeza (Valparaíso, 1835–Valparaíso, May 17, 1901) was a Chilean Navy officer and explorer. Simpson mapped the archipelagoes and coast of Aysén Region onboard of the corvette ''Chacabuco'' in the 1870s. Among his feats is the r ...

explored the fjords and archipelagoes of Aysén Region in the 1870s. The ship is in turn named after the

Battle of Chacabuco The Battle of Chacabuco, fought during the Chilean War of Independence, occurred on February 12, 1817. The Army of the Andes of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, led by Captain–General José de San Martín, defeated a Spanish for ...

in 1817 during the Chilean Independence War.

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Ports and harbours of Chile Populated places in Aysén Province Populated places in the fjords and channels of Chile {{Aisén-geo-stub

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