Riesco (island)
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| Waters | South pacific | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 0 ′ S , 72 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| length | 120 km | |
| width | 75 km | |
| surface | 5 110 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Cerro Ladrillero 1702 m |
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| Residents | 156 (2002) <1 inh / km² |
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Riesco ( Spanish Isla Riesco ) is a large island in southern Chile . Administratively, the island belongs to the municipality of Río Verde in the Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena . It is named after the Chilean President Germán Riesco .
geography
Riesco lies west of the Brunswick Peninsula , from which it is separated by Seno Otway Bay . In the northeast, the Fitz Roy Canal , which is only a few hundred meters wide, separates the island from the Patagonian mainland; in the southwest, the Strait of Magellan , which is around 2 km wide, forms the border with the islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, especially the island of Santa Inés . And in the north-west it is only separated from the Muñoz-Gamero Peninsula by a very narrow strait , with which it was even considered contiguous until 1904. Riesco is about 120 km long, up to 75 km wide and has an area of 5,110 km², which makes it the fourth largest island in Chile. Riesco is jagged by numerous bays and fjords and in the Cerro Ladrillero it reaches an altitude of 1702 m above sea level.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martinic, Mateo (2006) El fallido intento colonizador en Muñoz Gamero (1969-1971) , Magallania 34 (2): 119-124. (Spanish)
- ↑ Cerro Ladrillero on Peakbagger.com (English)
