Beagle Channel

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maritime passage strait

The Beagle Channel is a narrow strait in the extreme south of South America that separates islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and serves as a key maritime passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Aliases (1)

Beagle Channel region ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime passage → strait →
alternativeTo	Drake Passage → Strait of Magellan →
climate	cold oceanic climate →
connectsTo	Atlantic Ocean → Pacific Ocean →
countryBorder	Argentina → Chile →
discoveredBy	European explorers in the 19th century →
disputeBetween	Argentina → Chile →
disputeSettledBy	Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 →
ecosystemType	subantarctic marine ecosystem →
governedBy	Argentina–Chile maritime boundary agreements →
hasFeature	glacially carved fjord-like shores →
hasPort	Puerto Navarino → Puerto Williams → Ushuaia →
hasWildlife	cetaceans → penguins → sea lions → seabirds →
isPartOf	South Atlantic–South Pacific shipping routes →
length	approximately 240 kilometres →
locatedIn	South America → Southern Cone → Tierra del Fuego archipelago →
namedAfter	Beagle-class survey ship → HMS Beagle →
near	Cape Horn →
orientation	east–west →
partOf	Drake Passage region → border between Argentina and Chile → southern maritime routes between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans →
region	Patagonia →
separates	Hoste Island → Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego → Navarino Island → various smaller islands of Tierra del Fuego →
subjectOf	Beagle Channel dispute →
surveyedBy	Robert FitzRoy →
surveyedDuringVoyageOf	Charles Darwin →
usedFor	fishing → shipping → tourism →
waterType	saltwater →
width	narrow →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Navarino Island → Puerto Williams → Tierra del Fuego National Park → Ushuaia →	borderedBy
Puerto Williams → Ushuaia → Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina →	locatedOn
Cerro Bandera hiking trail → End of the World Train → South America by the Drake Passage →	near
Guardiamarina Zañartu Airport → University of Magallanes field station →	locatedNear
Puerto Luisa ("Beagle Channel region") →	associatedWith
Cabo de Hornos commune →	borders
Tierra del Fuego region →	hasStrait
Cerro Bandera hiking trail →	hasView
Dientes de Navarino mountain range →	hasViewOf
Cape Horn Archipelago ("Beagle Channel region") →	locatedIn
Puerto Luisa →	locatedInBodyOfWater
Ushuaia →	nearbyWaterBody
Yaghan people →	region