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    Hoste Island

    Isla Hoste, Isla Hoste Stewart

    55°19′S 69°32′W

    Hoste Island (Spanish: Isla Hoste) is one of the southernmost islands in Chile, lying south, across the Beagle Channel, from Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and west of Navarino Island, from which it is separated by the Murray Channel. It is named after William Hoste, one of Lord Nelson's protégés.

    A view from the Tierra del Fuego Natioanal Park (Argentina) accross the Beagle Channel towards Isla Hoste (Chile)
    A view from the Tierra del Fuego Natioanal Park (Argentina) accross the Beagle Channel towards Isla Hoste (Chile)

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    Terrain

    55°19′S 69°32′W

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    Overview

    Hoste Island (Spanish: Isla Hoste) is one of the southernmost islands in Chile, lying south, across the Beagle Channel, from Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and west of Navarino Island, from which it is separated by the Murray Channel. It is named after William Hoste, one of Lord Nelson's protégés.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Tierra del Fuego

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs