Isla Gorriti
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| Waters | Río de la Plata | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 57 ′ 9 ″ S , 54 ° 58 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.7 km | |
| surface | 21 ha | |
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The Isla Gorriti is about two kilometers from Punta del Este in the Bay of Maldonado in the Río de la Plata just located before its confluence with the Atlantic Uruguayan island.
The 1.7 km long and 21 hectare large island is 700 m wide at its widest point and 160 m at its narrowest. The island, which is overgrown with a pine forest and has two beaches, Puerto Jardín in the north and Playa Honda in the west, was named after Francisco Gorriti . Previously, the island on which a cross was erected in 1531 under which captains left messages for other crews was known as Isla Maldonado . At the time, the island was used by pirates as a port. There are ruins of a fort on the island.
North-east of the island is the wreck of the HMS Agamemnon, which sank there in 1809 and is a popular diving destination .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Binder: "South America 2 - Argentina - Chile - Uruguay - Paraguay", DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1978, p. 209
- ^ "Uruguay", p. 201 by Tim Burford