Isabel_Island_(Chile)

Isabel Island (Chile)

Isabel Island (Chile)

Island in Chile

Isabel Island is an island in the Strait of Magellan. It is located near the western shores of the Strait about 3.5 km east of the narrowest part of Brunswick Peninsula. The island is famous for being the place where large-scale sheepherding was first practiced in Southern Patagonia.[1]

Quick Facts Native name: Isla Isabel, Geography ...

Geologically, the island is part of wider drumlin field that extendes on both sides of the strait.[2]

It is served by Marco Davison Bascur Airport.

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References

  1. [1]
    Martinic, Mateo (1977), Historia del estrecho de magallanes (in Spanish), Santiago, Chile: Andrés Bello, p. 146
  2. [2]
    Prieto V., Ximena; Margaret, Winslow. "El cuaternario del estrecho de Magallanes I: Sector Punta Arenas-Primera Angostura" [Quaternary in Magallanes Strait: Punta Arenas-Primera Angostura] (PDF). Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (in Spanish). 22: 85–95.


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