Evangelistas Islets
Four small islands off the coast of southern Chile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Evangelistas Islets (Spanish: Islotes Evangelistas) comprise a group of four small, rocky islands lying on the Chilean continental shelf, some 30 km north-west of the western entrance to the Strait of Magellan, in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, facing the full force of the "Furious Fifties". They come under the jurisdiction of the Chilean Navy which operates the Chilean Maritime Signalling Service and has maintained a presence there since the establishment of the Evangelistas Lighthouse in 1896 by Scottish engineer George Henry Slight.[1][2]
Native name: Islotes Evangelistas | |
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Geography | |
Coordinates | 52.386025°S 75.086615°W / -52.386025; -75.086615 |
Adjacent to | Pacific ocean |
Total islands | 4 |
Administration | |
Region | Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena |
Province | Última Esperanza |
Commune | Puerto Natales |
Additional information | |
NGA UFI=-882479 |
On February 17, 1676, sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition were lost at Evangelistas Islets while attempting to install a bronze plaque indicating the areas ownership by the King of Spain.[3]