Beagle conflict

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The Beagle conflict was a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile over islands and maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel at the southern tip of South America.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border dispute ⓘ
international conflict ⓘ
territorial dispute ⓘ
affectedRegion Cape Horn Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Cape Horn area

Tierra del Fuego region ⓘ
surface form: Tierra del Fuego archipelago
arbitratedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
arbitrationAwardDate 1977 ⓘ
arbitrationOutcome award largely in favor of Chile ⓘ
argentinaReactionToAward rejected arbitration award in 1978 ⓘ
conflictBetween Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
countryInvolved Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
disputeOver Lennox Island ⓘ
Nueva Island ⓘ
Picton Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Snipe Islet ⓘ
islands in the Beagle Channel ⓘ
maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel ⓘ
endTime 1984 ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Cold War ⓘ
surface form: Cold War era in South America
languageOfParties Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Beagle Channel ⓘ
southern tip of South America ⓘ
longTermImpact establishment of stable maritime boundaries in the Beagle Channel ⓘ
improved Argentina–Chile relations ⓘ
mediatedBy Pope John Paul II ⓘ
mediationStartTime 1978 ⓘ
militaryDimension naval deployments by Argentina ⓘ
naval deployments by Chile ⓘ
partOf Argentina–Chile border ⓘ
surface form: Argentina–Chile border disputes
peaceTreatyDate 1984 ⓘ
peaceTreatySignedIn Vatican City ⓘ
peakTension December 1978 ⓘ
primaryLegalInstruments 1977 Beagle Channel Arbitration Award ⓘ
Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 ⓘ
surface form: 1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship

Boundary treaties between Argentina and Chile ⓘ
relatedEvent Operation Soberanía ⓘ
relatedTo Southern Cone geopolitics ⓘ
resolvedBy diplomatic negotiation ⓘ
result allocation of Picton, Nueva and Lennox Islands to Chile ⓘ
definitive delimitation of the Beagle Channel boundary ⓘ
maritime boundary regime in the southern tip of South America ⓘ
risked armed conflict between Argentina and Chile ⓘ
settledBy Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile
significantEscalation 1977 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
startTime 19th century ⓘ
threatenedAction Argentine plan to invade Chilean-held islands in 1978 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Argentina–Chile border → hasDispute → Beagle conflict ⓘ
Argentine Navy → participatedIn → Beagle conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beagle conflict crisis
Argentine Armed Forces → conflict → Beagle conflict ⓘ
Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process) → conflict → Beagle conflict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beagle conflict with Chile