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Santa Ines Island
Santa Ines Island is an island in southern Chile, lying south west of the Brunswick Peninsula, from which is separated by the Strait of Magellan and minor islands. Its shoreline in this area is part of the Francisco Coloane Coastal and Marine Protected Area. The rest of the island is a part of the Alacalufes National Reserve, equalling that Desolacion Island and the Cordova Peninsula. This latter is located in front of the island on the another side of the Strait of Magellan and is a peninsula of Riesco Island. The island belongs to the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The highest point of the island is at 1341 meters.
The island hosts a small ice field named Grandes Ventisqueros. It has a deeply indented coastline with several fjords, one of which hid the German battleship Dresden in 1914 after the battle of the Falkland Islands.
Trivia
In Clive Cussler's novel from 1988 "Treasure" fight among book heroes and Arab terrorist who hijacked a ship take place in island of Santa Ines.
External links
http://www.whalesound.com/marine.htm
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