Saumarez Island
Native name:
Isla Saumarez
Saumarez Island is located in Chile
Saumarez Island
Saumarez Island
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates49°22′00″S 74°22′0″W / 49.36667°S 74.36667°W / -49.36667; -74.36667
Area243 km2 (94 sq mi)
Highest elevation256 m (840 ft)
Administration
Chile
RegionMagallanes y la Antártica Chilena
ProvinceAntártica Chilena
Isla Saumarez in the centre of the map

Saumarez Island (Spanish: Isla Saumarez) is an island within the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park in the Patagonian Archipelago of southern Chile.[1] The island was named after Admiral James Saumarez during the first voyage of HMS Beagle (1826–1830).[2]

Saumarez Island lies in a shipping channel between the archipelago and the mainland that avoids the open Pacific Ocean: shipping can pass southwards via the Messier Channel and the Paso del Indio (Indian Passage), then round Saumarez Island to Wide Channel.[3]

References

  1. "Isla Saumarez, Chile". geonames.org.
  2. Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, vol. 1. 1838.
  3. South America pilot. Volume II, Southern part. United States Hydrographic Office. 1916. pp. 435–438.


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