The Gulf of Penas (English: Gulf of distress) is a body of water located south of
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Golf von Penas — Ver Klickbare Karte von Chile … Deutsch Wikipedia
South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… … Universalium
Zona Austral — The Zona Austral (English: Austral Zone ) is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It is surrounded by the Southern Zone and the Chacao Channel to the North, the Pacific Ocean and Drake s Passage to… … Wikipedia
Challenger expedition — An illustration of the ship. The Challenger expedition of 1872–76 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the mother vessel, HMS Challenger. Prompted by the Scot,… … Wikipedia
Laguna San Rafael National Park — Infobox Protected area | name = Laguna San Rafael National Park iucn category = II caption = Northern Patagonian Ice Field locator x = locator y = location = Aisén Region, Chile nearest city = Puerto Chacabuco lat degrees = 46 lat minutes = 40… … Wikipedia
Chono — ▪ people extinct South American Indian group that lived in southern Chile, between the Corcovado Gulf and the Gulf of Penas. At no time represented by more than a few hundred individuals, the Chono have never been thoroughly described by… … Universalium
Battle of the Falkland Islands — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Falkland Islands partof=World War I caption= date=8 December 1914 place=South Atlantic, near the Falkland Islands result=Decisive British victory combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom… … Wikipedia
Kaweshkar — Kaweskar (also Alacaluf, western men with mussell shell knives ; Halakwulup, Kawesqar) South American Indian people, almost extinct, living chiefly in the vicinity of Racion sd., Chile.Formerly they were much more numerous, southward from the… … Wikipedia
San Quintín Glacier — The San Quintín Glacier is the largest outflow glacier of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile. Its terminus is a piedmont lobe just short of the Gulf of Penas on the Pacific Ocean and just north of 47°S.Recent retreatLike many… … Wikipedia
Taitao Peninsula — The Taitao Peninsula (Spanish: Península de Taitao ) is a westward projection of the mainland of Chile, with which it is connected by the narrow Isthmus of Ofqui, over which the natives and early missionaries were accustomed to carry their boats… … Wikipedia
