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    Alejandro Selkirk Island

    Isla Alejandro Selkirk, Aleksandr Selkirk adası, Alejandro Selkirk

    33°46′S 80°48′W

    Alejandro Selkirk Island (Spanish: Isla Alejandro Selkirk), previously known as Más Afuera (Farther Out (to Sea)), is the largest and most westerly island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago of the Valparaíso Region of Chile.

    y vamos rumbo a Selkirk. We are goin to Alejandro Selkirk island
    y vamos rumbo a Selkirk. We are goin to Alejandro Selkirk island

    Pato Novoa from Valparaíso, Chile / CC BY-SA 2.0

    Terrain

    33°46′S 80°48′W

    Terrain exaggerated for relief. Drag to look around.

    Overview

    Alejandro Selkirk Island (Spanish: Isla Alejandro Selkirk), previously known as Más Afuera (Farther Out (to Sea)), is the largest and most westerly island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago of the Valparaíso Region of Chile. The island was renamed after the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk despite the fact that Selkirk was marooned on what is now Robinson Crusoe Island, situated 180 km (100 nmi; 110 mi) to the east. The Archipelago was home to the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk from 1704 to 1709, and is thought to have inspired English novelist Daniel Defoe's fictional Robinson Crusoe in his 1719 novel about the character (although the novel is explicitly set in the Caribbean, not in the Juan Fernández Islands). This was just one of several survival stories from the period that Defoe would have been aware of. To reflect the literary lore associated with the island and attract tourists, the Chilean government renamed the place Alejandro Selkirk Island in 1966.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Juan Fernández Islands

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    Facts

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

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