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Desolación Island

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Desolación Island
Desolación Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Desolación Island (Spanish: Isla Desolación) (Spanish for Desolation) is an island at the western end of the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile.

Its northwestern point is called Cabo Pilar (Cape Pillar), and marks the entrance to the Strait of Magellan. Off Cape Pillar are four rocks in the sea, called Islotes Evangelistas (the islets of the Evangelists).

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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