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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beagle conflict canonical | 5 |
| Beagle conflict crisis | 1 |
| Beagle conflict with Chile | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beagle conflict crisis
Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina
→
conflictResolved
→
Beagle conflict
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Beagle conflict with Chile