Madre de Dios Island (Spanish: Isla Madre de Dios , Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ðjos] ) is an uninhabited island in the Magallanes Region , Chile . It is located west of the Trinidad Channel and Concepción Channel . Madre de Dios Island is composed partly of limestone and has several natural caves. In one of those caves, called the "Cave of the Whales", skeletons of whales 2600 to 3500 years old have been discovered 10 to 30 meters above sea level. In another cave, named Cueva del Pacifico, rock art was discovered in 2006. Many other caves near the coast were used by the indigenous Kaweskar people for burial. One skull found dates back to 4500 years ago. Some caves were used as temporary camps. The island, along with 53 smaller nearby islands, was protected as a nature reserve ( Bien Nacional Protegido ) in 2007.
3-513: Guarello Island (Spanish: Isla Guarello ) is an island in Madre de Dios Archipelago in Magallanes Region . Guarello Island is in a limestone area that also includes Madre de Dios Island . The island has the world's southernmost limestone mine and it has reserves for 100 years, and 600,000 tons of limestone with a millesimal fineness of 96% of Calcium carbonate are extracted each year. Half of
6-523: The exploration of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa 's expedition in the area in 1579. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa had called a cove from where he made observations Nuestra Señora (del Rosario) , and from this name Alonso de Ovalle elaborated it to Madre de Dios and extended it to name a whole island. This Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to archaeology in Chile
9-553: The production is used in the steel mills of Huachipato which also owns the mines. [1] This Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Madre de Dios Island The island obtained its current name from a map in Alonso de Ovalle 's work Histórica relación del reino de Chile which was published in 1646 in Italy. Apparently Alonso de Ovalle had based this name on
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