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Hornos Island

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maintains a station on the island, consisting of a residence, utility building, chapel, and lighthouse. A short distance from the main station is a memorial, including a large sculpture featuring the silhouette of an
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The island has extensive penguin colonies along the coast, with no land predators present.
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The island is also the southernmost extension of pre-industrial humanity. The world's
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in the northwest. The lower areas of the island are filled with
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In 2019, the island had a population of five, consisting of the
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Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region geography stubs
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Maximum temperature: 20.5 °C (68.9 °F) (February 1996)
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Hornos Island is located in Southern Patagonia
55°56′39″S 67°16′51″W / 55.944078°S 67.280925°W / -55.944078; -67.280925
Tierra del Fuego
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Chile
Region
Magallanes
Province
Antártica
Commune
Cabo de Hornos
NGA
Spanish
Chilean
South America
Cape Horn
Diego Ramírez Islands
Hermite Islands
Tierra del Fuego
Chilean Navy
albatross
Cabo de Hornos National Park
Magellanic moorlands
Nothofagus betuloides
olive grass mouses
lighthouse keeper
southernmost archaeological site
Cretaceous

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