Alejandro Selkirk Island
Alejandro Selkirk Island, previously known as Más Afuera and renamed after the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk, is the largest and most westerly island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago of the Valparaíso Region of Chile.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island of Chile
- Also known as: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”, “Isla Más Afuera”, “Marino Alejandro Selkirk”, and “Mas Afuera”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cerro de Los Inocentes.
Cerro de Los Inocentes
Peak
Cerro de Los Inocentes is the highest mountain in the Juan Fernández Islands, Valparaíso Region, Chile. Located on the remnant of a basaltic volcano from the Pleistocene in Alejandro Selkirk Island, the area was discovered by Europeans in 1574.
Alejandro Selkirk Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Valparaíso Region, Chile, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Alejandro Selkirk Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Aleksandr Selkirk adası”
- Basque: “Alejandro Selkirk uhartea”
- Breton: “Enez Alejandro Selkirk”
- Catalan: “Illa Alejandro Selkirk”
- Catalan: “Illa Alexander Selkirk”
- Cebuano: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”
- Chinese: “亚历山大塞尔扣克岛”
- Chinese: “亞歷山大塞爾扣克島”
- Croatian: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- Dutch: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- Dutch: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”
- Dutch: “Más Afuera”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اليچاندرو سيلكيرك ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اليچاندرو سيلكيرك”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Alejandro Selkirk”
- Estonian: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- Estonian: “Alejandro Selkirki saar”
- French: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- French: “Ile Alejandro Selkirk”
- French: “île Alejandro Selkirk”
- French: “Île Alejandro Selkirk”
- French: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”
- French: “Más Afuera”
- French: “Masafuera”
- French: “Masafuero”
- Georgian: “ალეხანდრო სელკირკის კუნძული”
- Georgian: “ალეხანდრო სელკრიკის კუნძული”
- German: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- German: “Alexander-Selkirk-Insel”
- German: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”
- German: “Isla Mas Afuera”
- German: “Isla Más Afuera”
- German: “Mas Afuera”
- Hungarian: “Alejandro Selkirk-sziget”
- Indonesian: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- Italian: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- Italian: “Alexander Selkirk”
- Japanese: “アレハンドロ・セルカーク島”
- Japanese: “アレハンドロ・セルキルク島”
- Korean: “알레한드로셀커크섬”
- Lithuanian: “Aleksandro Selkirko sala”
- Lithuanian: “Mas Afuera”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alejandro Selkirk-øya”
- Polish: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- Polish: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”
- Polish: “Isla Mas Afuera”
- Polish: “Isla Más Afuera”
- Polish: “Mas Afuera”
- Polish: “Más Afuera”
- Russian: “Александр-Селькирк”
- Russian: “Остров Александра Селькирка”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alejandro Selkirk”
- Spanish: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”
- Spanish: “Isla de los Perros”
- Spanish: “Isla Mas Afuera”
- Spanish: “Isla Más Afuera”
- Swedish: “Alexander Selkirkön”
- Swedish: “Isla Alejandro Selkirk”
- Swedish: “Isla Más Afuerra”
- Turkish: “Alejandro Selkirk Adası”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Playa Larga and Playa del Buque Varado.
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