Inocentes Channel (Spanish ''Canal Inocentes'') is a strait in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
that reaches from the
Guía Narrows
The Guía Narrows (Spanish ''Angostura Guías'') are located between Chile's Hanover and Chatham Islands. Guia Narrows connects Sarmiento and Inocentes Channels. The narrows are 6 miles long
and are 1 to 1.5 miles wide, except at the north end, ...
(''Angostura Guías'') 18 miles to the northern extreme of Inocentes Island, where it joins the
Concepción Channel. The south side of the strait is formed by a succession of high cones sloping to the northwest and ending in the Clements Group.
On the north side are three precipitous
headlands
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
with deep inlets between them. The land then trends to the northward, and the foreground consists of islands rising to about 400 feet in height.
See also
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Fjords and channels of Chile
The southern coast of Chile presents a large number of fjords and fjord-like channels from the latitudes of Cape Horn (55° S) to Reloncaví Estuary (42° S). Some fjords and channels are important navigable channels providing access to ports like ...
References
External links
* United States Hydrographic Office
South America Pilot (1916) page 411
Straits of Chile
Bodies of water of Magallanes Region
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