Aysén Fjord is an ~70 km long fjord stretching east from a skerry-guarded ( skjærgård ) region called Moraleda Channel ( Spanish : Canal Moraleda ), which is a body of water separating the Chonos Archipelago from the mainland of Chile . It is located at 45°16′S 73°00′W / 45.26°S 73.00°W / -45.26; -73.00 and is connected indirectly to the open coast of the Pacific Ocean via the Darwin Channel . The Aysén River discharges at the head of Aysén Fjord.
6-618: Puerto Chacabuco is situated by the shores at the head of this fjord. Puerto Aysén lies on the Aysén River approximately 4 km above the head of Aysén Fjord. It serves as the capital for the Aysén Province . The region is heavily influenced by a wide tidal reach (up to 8 meters). It lies near the West Wind Drift , a major oceanic surface current which encounters the west coast of Chile at 41° S latitude. The West Wind Drift splits into
12-519: The Chacabuco who discovering its usfullness to access more inland locations. From the 1990s up to August 2003 there were plans for building an aluminium smelter in the Puerto Chacabuco at the fjord's head. The project was opposed by salmon farm companies operating in the fjord for the water pollution they claimed the smelter would produce. Between January 22 and April 22, 2007, the area around
18-506: The fjord experienced a series of minor earthquakes . This Aysén Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Puerto Chacabuco Puerto Chacabuco is a Chilean town in Aisén commune. Administratively it belongs to Aysén Province in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and is located at the head of Aisén Fjord . It is the main port of
24-579: The northward flowing branch which meets the Humboldt Current and the southward flowing Cape Horn Current , providing ample heat to drive vaporization of the sea water, which results in onshore precipitation of 4,000 – 7,000 mm per year in the Chilean Andes. The moisture is driven onshore by prevailing westerly winds, the Roaring Forties . The fjord was explored by Enrique Simpson in 1870 in
30-571: The region, a port of call for ships sailing to the Laguna San Rafael National Park and the terminus of a Navimag ferry service from Puerto Montt . The town is the site of important fish and shellfish processing plants. From the 1990s up to August 2003 there were plans for building an aluminium smelter in the town. Before the great burnings of the Patagonian forests and the eruption of Mount Hudson volcano in 1991 Puerto Aisén
36-536: Was the main port in the Aisén Fjord , but the ashes and earth erosion decreased the navigability of Aisén River and the port had to be moved further to the coast where Puerto Chacabuco now stands. Puerto Chacabuco is named after the corvette Chacabuco with which Enrique Simpson explored the fjords and archipelagoes of Aysén Region in the 1870s. The ship is in turn named after the Battle of Chacabuco in 1817 during
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