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Desertores Islands
Islas Desertores
Part of Chiloé Archipelago
Desertores Islands are a group of islands in the Sea of Chiloé, between Chiloé Island and the mainland of Chile. They are the easternmost islands of the Chiloé Archipelago, and are administered as part of the Chaitén commune, in the Palena Province, unlike the rest of the Archipelago, which forms Chiloé Province.
Overview
Desertores Islands are a group of islands in the Sea of Chiloé, between Chiloé Island and the mainland of Chile. They are the easternmost islands of the Chiloé Archipelago, and are administered as part of the Chaitén commune, in the Palena Province, unlike the rest of the Archipelago, which forms Chiloé Province. The six main islands are Auten, Chuit, Chulin, Imerquiña, Nayahue and Talcan, with Talcan, the biggest and easternmost of the Desertores Islands, close to the mainland. There are several smaller islands in the archipelago. The islands are home to small, isolated communities that rely primarily on fishing and subsistence agriculture.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands4
- Islets5
- Rocks & skerries6
Major islands
Isla Talcán
- Area
- 45.9 km²
- High point
- 125 m
Isla Chulín
- Area
- 17 km²
- High point
- 84 m
Minor islands
Isla Nayahué
- Area
- 5.6 km²
- High point
- 76 m
Isla Autení
- Area
- 3.4 km²
- High point
- 51 m
Isla Chuit
- Area
- 3.2 km²
- High point
- 72 m
Isla Imerquiña
- Area
- 1.4 km²
- High point
- 49 m
Islets
- Islote O’Higgins4 m · 0.08 km²
- Islote Jorge29 m · 0.07 km²
- Islote Nihuel24 m · 0.05 km²
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.6 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.1 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Isla Talcán: 125 m
- Isla Chulín: 84 m
- Isla Nayahué: 76 m
- Isla Chuit: 72 m
- Isla Autení: 51 m
- Isla Imerquiña: 49 m
- Islote Jorge: 29 m
- Islote Nihuel: 24 m
- Islote O’Higgins: 4 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Isla Talcán | 45.9 km² |
| Isla Chulín | 17 km² |
| Isla Nayahué | 5.6 km² |
| Isla Autení | 3.4 km² |
| Isla Chuit | 3.2 km² |
| Isla Imerquiña | 1.4 km² |
| Islote O’Higgins | 0.08 km² |
| Islote Jorge | 0.07 km² |
| Islote Nihuel | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |