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Guayaneco Archipelago
The Guayaneco Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago Guayaneco) is an archipelago in southern Chile. It consists of 2 main islands, Wager Island (to the east), es:Isla Byron (to the west), and many smaller islands.
Overview
The Guayaneco Archipelago (Spanish: Archipiélago Guayaneco) is an archipelago in southern Chile. It consists of 2 main islands, Wager Island (to the east), es:Isla Byron (to the west), and many smaller islands. It was heavily glaciated during the most recent ice age. These glaciers dissected these mountain islands into a series of deep river valleys and glacial troughs. Today these glacial troughs are deep channels and fjords. The islands of the Guayaneco Archipelago comprise a series of elongated islands and deep bays that are the traces of a drowned coastal range. A number of deep channels are traversing generally north to south through the islands. These include the Messier Channel in the lower left portion of the image, and the Fallos Channel near the center of the image. Forests cover the lower slopes of the mountains throughout the many islands. Human settlement on these islands is scarce.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands10
- Islets173
- Rocks & skerries424
Major islands
Byron Island
- Area
- 197 km²
- High point
- 359 m
Wager Island
- Area
- 91.9 km²
- High point
- 598 m
Minor islands
Isla Schröder
- Area
- 8.5 km²
- High point
- 99 m
Islote San Pedro
- Area
- 2.5 km²
- High point
- 150 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 1.7 km²
- High point
- 73 m
Isla Rugged
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- High point
- 86 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.62 km²
- High point
- 38 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.62 km²
- High point
- 56 m
Isla Porvenir
- Area
- 0.47 km²
- High point
- 31 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- High point
- 57 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 17 m
Rocks & skerries
On the chart above, at its closest zooms.
Listing 12 of 609; the rest are on the chart.
Figures
Comparative heights
- Wager: 598 m
- Byron: 359 m
- Islote San Pedro: 150 m
- Isla Schröder: 99 m
- Isla Rugged: 86 m
- Isla Porvenir: 31 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Byron Island | 197 km² |
| Wager Island | 91.9 km² |
| Isla Schröder | 8.5 km² |
| Islote San Pedro | 2.5 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1.7 km² |
| Isla Rugged | 1.3 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.62 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.62 km² |
| Isla Porvenir | 0.47 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.17 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.17 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |