Gordon Island (Spanish: ''Isla Gordon'') is an island in the
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South America, South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
The archipelago consists of the main is ...
archipelago located between the ''Tierra del Fuego'' (Isla Grande) and the
Hoste Island
Hoste Island () is one of the southernmost islands in Chile, lying south, across the Beagle Channel, from Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and west of Navarino Island, from which it is separated by the Murray Channel. It is named after William Ho ...
. It divides the
Beagle Channel
Beagle Channel (; Yahgan language, Yahgan: ''Onašaga'') is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego, Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. The channel separates the larger main island of I ...
in two arms, the Northwest arm or
Pomar Channel and the Southwest arm.
At the east end of the island is located the lighthouse
''Punta Divide''.
See also
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List of islands of Chile
This is a list of islands of Chile, as listed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyCountry Files (GNS)The data was retrieved on 19 January 2013 and thwere "ISL" and "ISLS" The country has 43,471 islands, according to the Chilean Ministr ...
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Cabo de Hornos
Cape Horn (, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which is Águila Islet), Cape Horn marks the nor ...
References
External links
Islands of Chile @ United Nations Environment ProgrammeWorld island information @ WorldIslandInfo.comSouth America Island High Points above 1000 meters*
Islands of Tierra del Fuego
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