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Summer in punto arenas

January 13th 2010
Geo: -53.1479, -70.9303This is the southern most tip of the South American continent. Tierra del Fuego is further to the south but this is an island amongst an archipelago of islands. We are on the last bit of mainland which is further south than even New Zealand. To get to Punto Arenas we had to sail westward from the Falklands and through the Magellan Strait. The town itself is not much. A colle ... read more
South America » Chile

Chilean Flag Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more
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