Messier Channel is a channel located in western Patagonia , Chile . It trends north–south between Wellington Island and other Pacific islands and the continent.
7-715: Maritime traffic traveling south from the Gulf of Penas passes between Wager Island on the west and the Larenas Peninsula on the east to enter the Messier Channel. There is a lighthouse ( NGA 2044) on Islote San Pedro, which is just to the east of Wager Island. Continuing further south, ships pass by Prat Island , Serrano Island , and Wellington Island . Southward the name of this inside passage changes first to Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows) and then to Paso del Indio [ es ] (Indian Passage). The channel
14-601: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gulf of Penas The Gulf of Penas ( Golfo de Penas in Spanish, meaning "gulf of distress") is a body of water located south of the Taitao Peninsula , Chile . It is open to the westerly storms of the Pacific Ocean , but it affords entrance to several natural harbours. Among these are the gulfs of Tres Montes and San Esteban and San Quintín , and Tarn Bay at
21-772: Is an optional route to the Messier- Grappler - Wide Channel route between the Golfo de Penas and the Trinidad Channel . At 48.745850S, 74.428750W is the wreck of MV Captain Leonidas , a freighter that ran aground on the Bajo Cotopaxi (Cotopaxi Bank) in 1968. The hulk provides warning as both a shipwreck and lighthouse (NGA-nr: 2068, Adm.: G 1552), marking the northern terminus of Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows), This Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region location article
28-583: Is named after Charles Messier , who was a French astronomer. It is a fjord in the Scandinavian sense of the word. A depth of 1,358 m has been measured in the north part of this channel, making it one of the deepest fjords in the world. Messier Channel is surrounded by the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and the Katalalixar National Reserve . The Fallos - Ladrillero - Picton Channel combination
35-575: The coast of (future) Wager Island , in the southeastern region of the Gulf, while attempting to tack from a lee shore during a storm. Some of the survivors were rescued by Chono chieftain Martín Olleta and his men, who took them aboard their dalcas to the Spanish settlements of Chiloé Archipelago. In December 1843, the Chilean schooner Ancud rescued the survivors of wrecked French ship Fleuris on
42-564: The entrance to Messier Channel . To the south of the gulf lies Guayaneco Archipelago and to the east lies San Javier Island and then the mainland. Spanish explorers and Jesuits , sailing south from Chiloé Archipelago in the 17th and 18th centuries, regularly avoided rounding the Taitao Peninsula by entering the Gulf, after a brief land crossing at the isthmus of Ofqui . In 1741, the British warship HMS Wager ran aground along
49-421: The shores of the Gulf. Local marine and terrestrial wildlife includes: The Gulf is a suitable habitat for a number of species of baleen whales , and is speculated to be a wintering/calving ground for a population of the critically endangered southern right whale . 47°22′S 74°50′W / 47.367°S 74.833°W / -47.367; -74.833 This Aysén Region location article
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