Primera Angostura is a sound of the
Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan (), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is considered the most important natural ...
in the
Chile
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an region of
Magallanes. It is located near
Punta Delgada.
It lies between the commune of
San Gregorio, in
Magallanes Province
Magallanes Province ( es, Provincia de Magallanes) is one of four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena. The provincial capital is the city of Punta Arenas.
Geography and demography
Its eastern portion is l ...
, to the north, and the commune of
Primavera, in
Tierra del Fuego Province, to the south. It is the narrowest part of the Strait between the continent and the
island of Tierra del Fuego.
The sound was named ''Primera Angostura'' (Spanish for ''First Narrows'') as it was the first narrows of the strait that ships met when sailing through the strait from east to west.
The ferry company
Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A. operates across the narrows.
During the
White Earthquake
image:Terremotoblanco.jpg, 400px, Map of Chile showing communes in state of catastrophe during the White Earthquake in red. Communes in pink were declared zones of "agrarian emergency". Communes in both state of catastrophe and agrarian emergency a ...
in August 1995 the ferry service across Primera Angostura was suspended.
The international road to
Río Gallegos
Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for " river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil.
Rio or Río may also refer to:
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* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, ...
was also closed in the events.
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See also
* Bahía Posesión
Bahía Posesión, also known in English as Possession Bay, is an ocean bay on the north shore of the Strait of Magellan located between Primera Angostura and Punta Dúngeness. It is approximately south of the Pali-Aike National Park, the locatio ...
* Segunda Angostura
Segunda Angostura is a sound of the Strait of Magellan between the Patagonian mainland and Tierra del Fuego. It is located southwest of Primera Angostura, the narrowest part of the Strait between the island and the continent. The sound was named ...
* Spanish colonization attempt of the Strait of Magellan
The Spanish Empire attempted to settle the Strait of Magellan in the 1580s with the aim to control the by then only known passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The project was a direct response to Francis Drake's unexpected entrance t ...
References
Landforms of Tierra del Fuego
Sounds of Chile
Strait of Magellan
Bodies of water of Magallanes Region
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