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Saumarez Island

Coordinates: 49°22′00″S 74°22′0″W / 49.36667°S 74.36667°W / -49.36667; -74.36667
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Saumarez Island
Native name:
Isla Saumarez
Saumarez Island is located in Chile
Saumarez Island
Saumarez Island
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates49°22′00″S 74°22′0″W / 49.36667°S 74.36667°W / -49.36667; -74.36667
Area243 km2 (94 sq mi)
Highest elevation256 m (840 ft)
Administration
Chile
RegionMagallanes y la Antártica Chilena
ProvinceAntártica Chilena
Isla Saumarez in the centre of the map

Saumarez Island (Spanish: Isla Saumarez) is an island within the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in the Patagonian Archipelago of southern Chile.[1] The island was named after Admiral James Saumarez during the first voyage of HMS Beagle (1826–1830).[2]

Saumarez Island lies in a shipping channel between the archipelago and the mainland that avoids the open Pacific Ocean: shipping can pass southwards via the Messier Channel and the Paso del Indio [es] (Indian Passage), then round Saumarez Island to Wide Channel.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Isla Saumarez, Chile". geonames.org.
  2. ^ Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, vol. 1. 1838.
  3. ^ South America pilot. Volume II, Southern part. United States Hydrographic Office. 1916. pp. 435–438.