A navigable sea passage at the southern tip of South America separating mainland Chile from Tierra del Fuego, discovered by Ferdinand Magellan's expedition in 1520. It offered ships a sheltered alternative to rounding Cape Horn before the Panama Canal opened.
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Source Strait of Magellan - Wikipedia
Source Strait of Magellan - Wikipedia
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1. Strait of Magellan - Wikipedia
Infobox, Coordinates field, latitude value
54°S 71°W
Infobox, Coordinates field, longitude value
54°S 71°W
Shaped By: Faulting, Article body
This part of the strait lies on the elongated Magallanes-Fagnano Fault, which marks a plate boundary between the South American Plate and the Scotia Plate.
Shaped By: Glacial Deposition, Article body
Immediately west are Primera Angostura and Segunda Angostura, narrows formed by two terminal moraines of different ages.
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