Queen Adelaide Archipelago
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Zona Austral
The Zona Austral is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950 corresponding to the Chilean portion of Patagonia. It is surrounded by the Southern Zone and the Chacao Channel to the north, the Pacific Ocean and Drake's Passage to the south and west, and the...
, the extreme south of Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. It belongs to the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region
Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region
The XII Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions...
.
The major islands in the group are Pacheco Island
Pacheco Island
Pacheco Island is an island in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 151 km²....
, Contreras Island
Contreras Island
Contreras Island is an island in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 626 km²....
, Ramirez Island
Ramirez Island
]Ramirez Island is an island in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 163 km². ....
, Cochrane Island, Juan Guillermo Island and the Rennell Islands (South Rennell Island
South Rennell Island
]]South Rennell Island is the largest of the Rennell Islands in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 340 km²....
and North Rennell Island
North Rennell Island
North Rennell Island is the smaller of the two Rennell Islands in the Queen Adelaide Archipelago in Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. Its area is 303 km²....
).