Desolación Island
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It has been proposed that Desolación Island be renamed and moved to Desolation Island (Chile) (Discuss). |
Desolación Island is an island at the western end of the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It belongs to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Its area is 1,352 square kilometres (522 sq mi) and the highest point is Monte Harte Dyke, at 1,097 metres (3,599 ft).
It's Northwestern point is called Cabo Pilar (Cape Pillar), and marks the entrance to the Strait of Magellan. Off Cape Pillar are three rocks in the sea, calles Los Evangelistas (the Apostles).[1][2] (52°43′52″S 74°43′51″W / 52.73109°S 74.73072°W). There is also a lighthouse called Isolete Evangelistas, located at the mainland side of the Straight's entrance.[3] (52°23′18″S 75°05′42″W / 52.38833°S 75.095°W).
[edit] Desolación Island in fiction
The Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child novel The Ice Limit described an expedition to Isla Desolacion near Cape Horn in Chile. The map in the (paperback) edition incorrectly identifies easterly Isla Wollastone as Isla Desolacion.
James Michener's novel "Hawaii" depicts an attempt by a sailing ship to pass the Straits of Magellan, describing the western exit past Desolation Island as the most difficult part of the passage.
Coordinates: 53°00′S 74°10′W / 53°S 74.167°W
[edit] References
- ^ J. David Williams (1873). "Patagonia". The Peoples' Pictorial Atlas. New York. http://patfotos.org/eng/VwMMap/Williams.htm (map)
- ^ J. H. Colton (1857). "Patagonia". New York. http://patfotos.org/emg/VwMMap/Colton.htm (map)
- ^ "FARO ISLOTE EVANGELISTAS". http://www.sernatur.cl/images/lang1/nacional/micrositios/Ruta-Faros-web/faro%20islote%20evangelistas.html.
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