Wreck of the Captain Leonidas in the Messier Channel
Messier Channel is a channel located in western Patagonia, Chile. It trends north–south between Wellington Island and other Pacific islands and the continent.
Maritime traffic traveling south from the Gulf of Penas passes between Wager Island on the west and the Larenas Peninsula on the east to enter the Messier Channel.[1] There is a lighthouse (NGA 2044) on Islote San Pedro, which is just to the east of Wager Island. Continuing further south, ships pass by Prat Island, Serrano Island, and Wellington Island. Southward the name of this inside passage changes first to Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows) and then to Paso del Indio [es] (Indian Passage).
The channel is named after Charles Messier, who was a French astronomer. It is a fjord in the Scandinavian sense of the word. A depth of 1,358 m has been measured in the north part of this channel, making it one of the deepest fjords in the world.[2] Messier Channel is surrounded by the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and the Katalalixar National Reserve.
The Fallos-Ladrillero-Picton Channel combination is an optional route to the Messier-Grappler-Wide Channel route between the Golfo de Penas and the Trinidad Channel.
At 48.745850S, 74.428750W is the wreck of MV Captain Leonidas, a freighter that ran aground on the Bajo Cotopaxi (Cotopaxi Bank) in 1968. The hulk provides warning as both a shipwreck and lighthouse (NGA-nr: 2068, Adm.: G 1552), marking the northern terminus of Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows),
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the MessierChannel, while the Larenas Peninsula forms the northeastern terminus. There is a lighthouse (NGA 2044) on Islote San Pedro. The Messier Channel...
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from the Patagonian Channels in case it is desirable to avoid the possible delay occasioned by English Narrows in MessierChannel. Alert Harbor, at its...
more, Hurrungane reaches 2,400 m (7,874 ft)) MessierChannel in Tortel, Chile—1,358 m (4,455 ft) Baker Channel in Tortel, Chile—1,251 m (4,104 ft) Firth...
shipping channel between the archipelago and the mainland that avoids the open Pacific Ocean: shipping can pass southwards via the MessierChannel and the...
and the Fallos Channel, an optional route to the MessierChannel-Grappler Channel-Wide Channel. It has several arms or fiords. The channel is named after...
smaller islands, called Baker Islands, which separate it from MessierChannel. Baker Channel also receives the waters of the O'Higgins/San Martín Lake through...
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Montes and San Esteban and San Quintín, and Tarn Bay at the entrance to MessierChannel. To the south of the gulf lies Guayaneco Archipelago and to the east...
With the Ladrillero and Fallos Channel, it forms an optional route to the MessierChannel-Grappler Channel-Wide Channel. It has several arms or fjords...
harbour of Punta Arenas, and the Capitán Leonidas is located in the MessierChannel. The Chilean official list of lighthouses is the Lista de Faros de...
range. A number of deep channels are traversing generally north to south through the islands. These include the MessierChannel in the lower left portion...
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Picton Channel an optional route to the MessierChannel-Grappler Channel-Wide Channel. It has several arms or fiords. It joins the Adalberto Channel and...
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exceptions. The northern entrance to MessierChannel is through this gulf. Messier, Pitt, Sarmiento and Smyth's Channels, which form a comparatively safe...
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Antarctica shows similar overdeepening to 1,933 m (6,342 ft), as does the MessierChannel in Chile which deepens to 1,288 m (4,226 ft). Nesje writes "...glaciers...
Strait of Magellan to produce charts of the Angostura Inglesa in the MessierChannel, and of the Bahia Possession in the strait. In January 1876, during...
isthmus in order to open a direct passage from the Moraleda Channel to the MessierChannel and avoid going out into the open Pacific Ocean to get around...
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