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A View of the Cuernos  
   

A View of the Cuernos

This is the view that helped me get over Lago Pehoé.
To the Strait of Magellan and Beyond

February 28th 2007
The Magallanes region of extreme southern Chile is cut off from the rest of the country by the vast southern ice sheet and the miles of broken coastline of Chile's southern fjords. Because of its isolation, the people in the Magallanes region like to think of themselves as a separate entity from the northern part of the country, they even have their own flag. I learned all of this because of one ... read more
South America » Chile » Magallanes

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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