Corral Bay is a bay in the mouth of the Valdivia River, southern

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. Its main towns are Corral and Niebla. The mouth of the bay is between Juan Latorre point and Morro Gonzalo, with a width of 5.5 km. All the year the bay is transited by merchant, transport and fish boats. The bay is famous for being one of the most fortified bays in

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in colonial time (see: Valdivian Fort System). The outer limits of the bay are Morro Gonzalo in the southwest and Punta Juan Latorre in the northeast. The amplitude of the

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is of 1.28 m. Except the areas next to shores the depths of the bay range from 4.5 to 15 m.

External links

Satellite image of Corral Bay

References

Bays of Chile Landforms of Los Ríos Region {{LosRíos-geo-stub