South America
Chile
Region of Magallanes

Desolación Island

Desolación Island is an island at the western end of the in the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, . Its northwestern point is called Cabo Pilar, and marks the entrance to the Strait of Magellan.
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  • Type: Section of an island
  • Description: island in Chile
  • Also known as: “Desolacion del Sur”, “Desolacion Island”, and “Desolation”

Desolación Island

Latitude
-52.99717° or 52° 59′ 50″ south
Longitude
-74.29931° or 74° 17′ 58″ west
Elevation
197 metres (646 feet)
Open location code
37V72P32+47
Geo­Names ID
3892562
Wiki­data ID
Q2568107
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Satellite Map

Discover Desolación Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Desolación Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Isla Desolación”
  • Chinese: “德索拉西翁岛”
  • Chinese: “德索拉西翁島”
  • Dutch: “Desolación Island”
  • French: “île Desolación”
  • French: “Île Desolación”
  • Galician: “Illa Desolación”
  • German: “Isla Desolación”
  • Indonesian: “Desolación”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Desolación”
  • Italian: “isola Desolación”
  • Italian: “Isola Desolación”
  • Japanese: “Desolación島”
  • Japanese: “デソラシオン島”
  • Latvian: “Desolasjona”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Desolación-øya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isla Desolación”
  • Polish: “Desolación”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Desolação”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Desolación (otok)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Desolación”
  • Spanish: “Isla Desolacion”
  • Spanish: “Isla Desolación”
  • Swedish: “Isla Desolación”

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