Isla del Rey (Spanish for ''King's Island'') is a
river island
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the largest island in
Los Ríos Region
The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: ''Región de Los Ríos'', , ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 20 ...
of
Chile
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. It is located near the outflow of
Valdivia River into
Corral Bay. To the east, south and southwest the island is separated from the mainland by
Tornagaleones River.
To the north it is bounded by Valdivia River.
[ Next to it, to the east, lies Guacamayo Island.][ The island is described in ''Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile'' (1899) as "somewhat mountainous, high, with some forest and various streams that descend towards its margins".][
From the ]Spanish conquest
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in the mid-16th century up to the Spanish reoccupation in the mid-17th century it was known as ''isla de Diego Ramírez'' after a Spanish settler, thereafter it acquired its current name.[
]
See also
* Teja Island
References
Islands of Los Ríos Region
River islands of Chile
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