Águila Islet
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Native name: Islote Águila | |
|---|---|
 Águila Islet on Diego Ramírez Islands (last on the bottom) | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 56°32′15″S 68°43′10″W / 56.53750°S 68.71944°W |
| Archipelago | Diego Ramírez Islands |
| Adjacent to | Pacific Ocean |
| Administration | |
| Region | Magallanes |
| Province | Antartica Chilena |
| Commune | Cabo de Hornos |
| Additional information | |
| NGA UFI=not listed | |
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.
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).
See also
[edit]- Extreme points of the Antarctic
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
- List of extreme points of Chile
References
[edit]- ^ 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.