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Águila Islet
Native name:
Islote Águila
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Águila Islet on Diego Ramírez Islands (last on the bottom)
Geography
Coordinates 56°32′15″S 68°43′10″W / 56.53750°S 68.71944°W / -56.53750; -68.71944
Archipelago Diego Ramírez Islands
Adjacent bodies of water Pacific ocean
Administration
Region Magallanes
Province Antartica Chilena
Commune Cabo de Hornos
Additional information
NGA UFI=not listed

Águila Islet (Spanish: Islote Águila, "Eagle Islet") is the southernmost point of the American continent. It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage.

The distance to the closest Antarctic lands (Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands) is about 800 km (497 mi) and to the mainland (Antarctic Peninsula) is about 950 km (590 mi).

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Islote Águila para niños

  • Extreme points of the Antarctic
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
  • List of extreme points of Chile
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