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    Águila Islet

    Islote Águila

    56°32′S 68°43′W

    Águila Islet (Spanish: Islote Águila, "Eagle Islet") is the southernmost point of the Americas. It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, 107 km (66 mi) southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage.

    56°32′S 68°43′W

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    Águila Islet (Spanish: Islote Águila, "Eagle Islet") is the southernmost point of the Americas. It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, 107 km (66 mi) southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage. The distance to the closest Antarctic lands (Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands) is about 800 km (497 mi) and to the mainland (Antarctic Peninsula) is about 950 km (590 mi).

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Diego Ramírez Islands

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia