San Gregorio (Chile)

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San Gregorio (Chile)
Communal data
region	Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena
province	Magallanes
Residents	384  (2002)
surface	6,883.7 km²
Population density	0 inhabitants / km²
prefix	+ (56-) 61
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.sangregorio.cl
main place
San Gregorio San Gregorio on the map of Chile
Surname	San Gregorio

San Gregorio is a municipality in the south of Chile . It is located in the province of Magallanes , which in turn belongs to the Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena .

geography

San Gregorio is located on the north side of the Strait of Magellan at its eastern end facing the Atlantic . In the north, San Gregorio borders on Argentina , in the west on Laguna Blanca and the port city of Punta Arenas .

population

Many residents have Croatian and Spanish ancestors.

Attractions

There are shipwrecks from the 19th century in the region. The ship Ambassador was a tea freighter that was built in London in 1869 and stranded at San Gregorio in 1896. Amadeo was a steamship built in Liverpool in 1884 and ran aground near San Gregorio in 1932.