Santa Inés Island

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name = Santa Inés


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location = Zona Austral
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country = Chile
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country admin divisions = Magallanes
country admin divisions title 1 = Province
country admin divisions 1 = Magallanes
country admin divisions title 2 = Commune
country admin divisions 2 = Punta Arenas
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Santa Inés Island is an island in southern Chile, part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and of Punta Arenas municipality, lying south west of the Brunswick Peninsula, from which is separated by the Strait of Magellan and minor islands. It has an area of 3 688 km², making it the largest island of Punta Arenas municipality and the third largest of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, after Isla Grande and Hoste Island. Its shoreline in this area is part of the Francisco Coloane Coastal and Marine Protected Area. The rest of the island is a part of the Alacalufes National Reserve, equalling that Desolación Island and the "Córdova Peninsula". This latter is located in front of the island on the another side of the Strait of Magellan and is a peninsula of Riesco Island. The island belongs to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The highest point of the island is at 1341 meters.

The island hosts a small ice field named Grandes Ventisqueros. It has a deeply indented coastline with several fjords, one of which hid the German light cruiser Dresden in 1914 after the battle of the Falkland Islands.cite web |title=P 1386-I Chile and Argentina - Wet Andes|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1386i/chile-arg/wet/index.html| author=USGS|accessdate=2008-02-02]

Trivia

In Clive Cussler's novel from 1988 "Treasure" fight among book heroes and Arab terrorist who hijacked a ship take place in island of Santa Ines.

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External links

* [http://www.whalesound.com/marine.htm http://www.whalesound.com/marine.htm]