Desolación Island facts for kids

Desolación Island (which means Desolation Island in Spanish) is an island located at the western end of the Strait of Magellan. This strait is a famous waterway in Chile, a country in South America.

The island's northwestern tip is called Cabo Pilar (Cape Pillar). This cape marks the important entrance to the Strait of Magellan. Near Cape Pillar, there are three rocks in the sea known as Islotes Evangelistas (the Apostles).

Desolación Island in Stories and Shows

Desolación Island has appeared in several books and even a cartoon! Writers sometimes use real places like this island to make their stories more exciting.

Books Featuring the Island

• In the novel The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, an adventure takes place on Isla Desolación. The authors even mentioned that they changed the map a little bit on purpose for their story.
• James Michener's book Hawaii describes a sailing ship trying to pass through the Straits of Magellan. It says that getting past Desolation Island was the hardest part of the journey.
• In Herman Melville's famous novel Moby-Dick, a character remembers a whaler who was lost at sea near the "Isle of Desolation, off Patagonia".
• The novel Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian sends a British warship on a mission to Chile and the Straits of Magellan, which would include this area.

Cartoons and the Island

• In an episode of the animated TV series Jackie Chan Adventures, the hero Jackie Chan uses a magical item to send a villain named Vanessa Barone to Desolación Island. He says it's a small island off the coast of Chile and "one of the most remote spots on earth."

See also

• List of islands of Chile

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