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Quinchao Island
Native name:
Isla Quinchao
Church of Quinchao
Islands around Quinchao
Geography
Coordinates42°28′59″S 73°28′59″W / 42.483°S 73.483°W / -42.483; -73.483
Adjacent toPacific Ocean
Area135 km2 (52 sq mi)
Administration
Chile
RegionLos Ríos
ProvinceChiloé Province
CommuneQuinchao, Curaco de Vélez
Demographics
Population12,000
Additional information
NGA UFI -898433

Quinchao Island is an island in Chiloé Province, Chile, off the east coast of Chiloé Island. It includes the communes of Quinchao and Curaco de Vélez. Main towns are Achao and Curaco de Vélez. Quinchao Island is separated from Chiloé Island by Dalcahue Channel in the northwest of the island.


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Quinchao

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Quinchao is a Chilean commune located in Chiloé Province, Los Lagos Region. The seat of government lies in the town of Achao on the island. The commune...

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Caguach

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well-known smaller islands of the Chiloé Archipelago, in the south of Chile, forming part of the commune of Quinchao. The island is in the shape of a...

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Dalcahue Channel

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Dalcahue") is a body of water of the Sea of Chiloé that separates Quinchao Island from Chiloé Island, both part of the Chiloé Archipelago in southern Chile. The...

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Achao

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Archipelago, in the south of Chile. The town is the capital of Quinchao commune on the island of the same name. Lying on level ground, Achao has a shallow...

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Francisco Hudson

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late 19th century. Hudson was born in the town of Curaco de Vélez in Quinchao Island of Chiloé Archipelago to the couple Santiago (possibly a translation...

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Tepuhueico Lake

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Curanto

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dates to more than eleven thousand years before present on the Greater Island; there are also finds of lesser data in areas of the coastal edge of the...

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Ancud

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electoral district, together with Castro, Quemchi, Dalcahue, Curaco de Vélez, Quinchao, Puqueldón, Chonchi, Queilén, Quellón, Chaitén, Hualaihué, Futaleufú and...

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Gulf of Ancud

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the Chiloé Island from the mainland of Chile. It is located north of the Gulf of Corcovado by which it is separated by Desertores Islands. To north Calbuco...

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Lemuy Island

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Natri Lake

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