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Navarino Island (Spanish: Isla Navarino) is a large Chilean island, with an area of 2,514 km 2 (971 sq mi) and a coastline of 510 km (320 mi). [2] It is located between Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego , to the north, and Cape Horn , to the south.
Certain archeological sites at locations such as Navarino Island, within the islands of Tierra del Fuego, have yielded artifacts and evidence of their culture from the Megalithic era. The name Tierra del Fuego derives from Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan , who was the first European to visit these lands in 1520, on his voyage to the ...
The Wollaston Islands (Spanish: Islas Wollaston) are a group of islands in Chile south of Navarino Island and north of Cape Horn and east of the Hoste Island. The islands are Grevy, Bayly, Wollaston and Freycinet, as well as the islets Dédalo, Surgidero, Diana, Otarie, Middle and Adriana. The islands are part of Cabo de Hornos National Park. [1]
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Puerto Navarino is a Chilean port on the Beagle Channel in western Navarino Island opposite Ushuaia in Argentina. Puerto Navarino is part of Cabo de Hornos commune. It is 54km west of Puerto Williams along a gravel road . [ 1 ]
Navarino is the former name of Pylos, a Greek town on the Ionian Sea, where the 1827 battle took place Old Navarino castle, medieval fortress at Pylos; New Navarino fortress, Ottoman fortress at Pylos; Navarino, Wisconsin, a town, United States; Navarino (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, United States
Island ecology is the study of island organisms and their interactions with each other and the environment. Islands account for nearly 1/6 of earth’s total land area, [ 1 ] yet the ecology of island ecosystems is vastly different from that of mainland communities.
Puerto Williams (Spanish: [ˈpweɾto ˈ(ɣ)wiljams]; Spanish for "Port Williams") is a city, port and naval base on Navarino Island in Chile.It faces the Beagle Channel.It is the capital of the Chilean Antarctic Province, one of four provinces in the Magellan and Chilean Antarctica Region, and administers the communes of Chilean Antarctic Territory and Cabo de Hornos.