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Primera Angostura

Primera Angostura is a sound of the Strait of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego. It is the narrowest part of the Strait that connects the island to the continent. The sound was named Primera Angustura (Spanish for First Narrowness) as it was the firts narrownes of the strait that ships met when sailent trough the strait from east to west.

The ferry company Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A. operates in the sound.

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