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SOUTH AMEEICA— THE ANDES EEGIONS. 



From the sea may be seen the broad gulf penetrating inland, but not the narrow 

 Chacao strait or "channel" separating the island from the southern peninsula 

 of Llanquihue. Like the neighbouring mainland, Chiloe presents its steepest 



Fig. 160. — Chonos Aechipelago. 



Scale 1 : 3,000,000. 



7 5* West of G 



Depths 



to 500 

 Fathoms 



500 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



62 Miles. 



escarpments towards the west, these escarpments being the continuation of the 

 coast range with steep hills 2,000 and even 2,300 feet high. But the culminating 

 point is reached by a peak 3,200 feet high at the southern extremity of the island. 



