Picton, Lennox and Nueva

Picton, Lennox and Nueva Islands
Islas Picton, Nueva y Lennox
Nickname: PNL, PLN
Puerto Piedra on Picton Island in 1915.
Picton, Lennox and Nueva Islands is located in Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region
Picton, Lennox and Nueva Islands
Picton, Lennox and Nueva Islands
Geography
Coordinates55°02′S 66°57′W / 55.03°S 66.95°W / -55.03; -66.95
Adjacent toPacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean (to the east of the islands)
Administration
RegionMagallanes
ProvinceAntártica Chilena
CommuneCabo de Hornos
Additional information
NGA UFI=-896223 (Picton), -893896 (Nueva), -888860 (Lennox)
A lighthouse in the Chilean Gardiner island. In the background is Picton Island.

Picton, Lennox and Nueva (Spanish: Islas Picton, Nueva y Lennox) form a group of three islands (and their islets) at the extreme southern tip of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region. Located in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, they lie east of Navarino Island and are separated from the Argentine part of Isla Grande in the north by the Beagle Channel. They have an area of 170.4 km2 (Lennox), 105.4 km2 (Picton), 120.0 km2 (Nueva).[1]

Close to the islands are the islets of Snipe, Augustus, Becasses, Luff, Jorge, Hermanos, Solitario, Gardiner, Terhalten, Sesambre and others.

  1. ^ "UN SYSTEM-WIDE EARTHWATCH Web Site, Island directory, Chile". Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-01.

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