Juan Fernandez Islands
Juan Fernández Islands is a small archipelago 670 km off the coast of Central Chile. They are remote islands, home to about 900 people who survive on lobster fishing and several hundred tourists who make the obscure islands a vacation destination each year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Yunque Hill.
El Yunque Hill
Peak
Photo: Serpentus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Yunque Hill is a peak, which is situated 3 km northeast of Juan Fernandez Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Juan Bautista.
San Juan Bautista
Village
Photo: Serpentus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Juan Bautista is the main town on Robinson Crusoe Island, part of the Juan Fernández Islands, Valparaíso Province, Chile, and is the primary human settlement within the island chain. San Juan Bautista is situated 6 km northeast of Juan Fernandez Islands.
Juan Fernandez Islands
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Archipielago Juan Fernandez” and “Archipiélago Juan Fernández”
- Category: landform
- Location: Juan Fernández Islands, Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region, Central Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-33.67064° or 33° 40′ 14″ southLongitude
-78.87703° or 78° 52′ 37″ westOpen location code
47R384HF+P5GeoNames ID
3886788
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Juan Fernandez Islands” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Islas de Juan Fernández”
- Spanish: “Islas Juan Fernández”
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