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Águila Islet

Águila Islet

Islet in Magellanes Region, Chile

Águila Islet (Spanish: Islote Águila, "Eagle Islet") is the southernmost point of South America.[1] It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage.

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The distance to the closest Antarctic lands (Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands) is about 800 km (497 mi) and to the mainland (Antarctic Peninsula) is about 950 km (590 mi).

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  1. [1]
    Quinn, Joyce A.; Woodward, Susan L. (3 February 2015). Earth's Landscape [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 127, 668. ISBN 978-1-61069-446-9. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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