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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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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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