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Beagle Channel
Sign in to savestrait of Chile and Argentina
Key facts
- Location
- Pacific Oceans – Atlantic Ocean
- Type
- Strait
- Basin countries
- Chile , Argentina
- Max length
- 150 miles (240 km)
- Min width
- 3 miles (4.8 km)
- Settlements
- Ushuaia , Argentina , Puerto Williams , Chile
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- Image
- 00 4598 Beagle Canal - Tierra del Fuego (Chile).jpg
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- Beagle Channel
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The Beagle Channel (Spanish: Canal del Beagle; Yahgan: Onašaga) is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. The channel separates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from various smaller islands including the islands of Picton, Lennox and Nueva; Navarino; Hoste; Londonderry; and Stewart. The channel's eastern area forms part of the border between Chile and Argentina and the western area is entirely within Chile.
The Beagle Channel, the Straits of Magellan to the north, and the open-ocean Drake Passage to the south are the three navigable passages around South America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.