Bahía Posesión, also known in English as Possession Bay, is an ocean bay on the north shore 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 the Tierra del Fuego archipelago to the south. Considered the most important natura ...

located between Primera Angostura and Punta Dúngeness. It is approximately south of the Pali-Aike National Park, the location of some of the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, going as far back as the human occupation at the Pali-Aike crater

lava tube A lava tube, more rarely called a pyroduct, is a 'roofed conduit through which molten lava travels away from its vent'. If lava in the tube drains out, it will leave an empty cave. Lava tubes are common in low-viscosity volcanic systems. La ...

10,000 years ago. In 1974, the oil tanker VLCC ''Metula'', en route to Quintero Bay, Chile, ran aground here and lost some 60,000 tons of light Arabian crude before reflotation, severely affecting the local wildlife.Roy W. Harm, 1974

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* Roy W. Harm, Jr.
Metula Oil Spill
'', U.S. Coast Guard Report, 1974. * C. Michael Hogan,
Pali Aike
', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 2008. Strait of Magellan Bays of Chile Bodies of water of Magallanes Region {{MagallanesyAntártica-geo-stub

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