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English Narrows (Spanish Angostura Inglesa) is a contracted passage in Messier Channel in the southwestern coast of Chile.Here it is only 200 yards (180 m) wide, but it presents no great difficulty or danger (excepting to very long vessels) unless a vessel goes through with the wind and tide, which should never be attempted if the wind is strong.
Angostura Guías, in Patagonia, Chile; Angostura Inglesa, in Patagonia, Chile; Angostura de Paine, a locale on Route 5 in both Santiago Metropolitan Region and O'Higgins Region of Chile; Angostura Bridge, a bridge near Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela; Angostura Colorada Formation, a geological formation in Argentina; Angostura Dam (disambiguation ...
Primera Angostura is a sound of the Strait of Magellan in the Chilean region of Magallanes. It is located near Punta Delgada . It lies between the commune of San Gregorio , in Magallanes Province , to the north, and the commune of Primavera , in Tierra del Fuego Province , to the south.
Segunda Angostura, south and west of Primera Angostura, at the east side of the Magellan straits Magdalena, Marta and Isabel Islands, North-East of Punta Arenas. Segunda Angostura is a sound of the Strait of Magellan between the Patagonian mainland and Tierra del Fuego.
Chile allows the use of the main waterways under maritime authority dispositions for the following navigation lanes (all names in Spanish): [23] a) throughout the Strait of Magellan: Punta Dúngenes - Primera Angostura - Segunda Angostura, Paso Nuevo -Paso Inglés - Paso Tortuoso - Paso Largo - Paso del Mar - Cabo Pilar (and back).
At that time, the word Paine designated a fairly large area, traces of which are preserved in the names of some towns in the sector (Angostura de Paine, Valdivia de Paine, etc.). The Paine subdelegation, then belonging to the department of Maipo, was created on November 2, 1885. But the administrative headquarters, originally installed in the ...
Messier Channel is a channel located in western Patagonia, Chile. It trends north–south between Wellington Island and other Pacific islands and the continent. Maritime traffic traveling south from the Gulf of Penas passes between Wager Island on the west and the Larenas Peninsula on the east to enter the Messier Channel. [ 1 ]
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