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Diego Ramírez Islands
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Southern island group of South America
Key facts
- Area
- 1 km (0.39 sq mi)
- Length
- 10.38 km (6.45 mi)
- Width
- 2.25 km (1.398 mi)
- Highest point
- 179 m (587 ft)
- Region
- Magallanes y Antártica Chilena
- Province
- Antártica Chilena
- Commune
- Cabo de Hornos
- Population
- Chilean Navy station
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Diego Ramírez de Arellano
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Cabo de Hornos
- Continent
- South America
- Area
- 1.2
- Elevation
- 179
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Diego Ramirez Islands.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1619-02-12
- discoverer or inventor
- Garcia de Nodal expedition
- native label
- Islas Diego Ramírez
- Commons category
- Diego Ramírez Islands
- Commons gallery
- Islas Diego Ramírez
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Diego Ramírez Islands (Spanish: Islas Diego Ramírez) are a small group of Chilean subantarctic islands located at the southernmost extreme of South America. They are surrounded by the Diego Ramirez Islands & Drake Passage National Park, but the land is owned by the State outside of the park, which is exclusively maritime.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diego Ramírez Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.