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Ildefonso Islands

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46: 17: 157: 280:, within two groups. They extend 6 km (4 mi) on a northwest–southeast axis. The land area measures about 200,000 m (2,152,782 sq ft). More than 50% of this comprises the large single southern stack, which is 970 m (3,182 ft) long and between 80 and 200 m (262 and 656 ft) wide. The islands are steep and rocky, and covered in 53: 363: 371: 458: 453: 343: 338: 45: 237: 212: 448: 443: 433: 397: 428: 87: 233: 188: 269: 301: 273: 468: 463: 438: 229: 333: 305: 293: 309: 253: 200: 364:"Diego Ramírez de Arellano i el seu Reconosimiento de los Estrechos de Magallanes y de San Viçente" 297: 408:
BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Islas Ildefonso. Downloaded from
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Shirihai, Hadoram. (2002). A complete guide to Antarctic wildlife.
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Ildefonso Islands are only 27 km (17 mi) south from
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through the region in 1619. The islands consist of nine
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NASA World Wind screenshot of Ildefonso Islands, Chile
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because they hold large breeding populations of both
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or 23 km (14 mi) to rocks near Isla Hoste.
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Ildefonso Islands is located in Southern Patagonia
Hoste Island
55°45′S 69°26′W / 55.75°S 69.43°W / -55.75; -69.43
Pacific Ocean
Chile
Region
Magallanes
Province
Antartica Chilena
Commune
Cabo de Hornos
NGA
Chile
Commune of Cabo de Hornos
Antártica Chilena Province
Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region
Isla Hermite
Tierra del Fuego
NNW
Diego Ramirez Islands
Isla Hoste
Diego Ramírez de Arellano
Garcia de Nodal expedition
stacks
tussac grass
BirdLife International
Important Bird Area
southern rockhopper penguins
black-browed albatrosses

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