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The channel has a length of approximately 96 nmi and is divided into two arms: the northwest arm, which is scarcely used as navigation route and is 50 nmi long, and the south arm (46 nmi long), which is a major waterway for commercial sailing and that stretches from its connection with the Sarmiento
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in mainland. This imposing volcanic peak stands out from the mountains that surround it. Other mountains in the area include Monte Joy (443 m) and the peaks Sainte Agnes and Sainte Anne with elevations of 323 and 513 m high respectively, which stand on the Manuel Rodríguez Island.
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as a pilotage aid, which are located specialty at the passes Summer and Shoal, and at the channels Gray and Mayne, all of which lie along its course. There exist special instructions for the navigation in the places mentioned.
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In the northwest arm the hills are high, including the Monte Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (890 m) and the Lecky Look Out (890 m) on the
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Channel at southern tip of the Victoria Pass until the point already named, where it joins to the Strait of Magellan.
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that at their foothills have limited vegetation cover, because the continuous winds that blow against it.
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The channel was named in 1829 by the British sailors Skyring and Graves, members of Captain
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The tidal currents are stable and weak, but influenced by the wind.
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and Merino Peninsula on the mainland, where it opens into the
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on the east side of Pedro Montt Island and Rennell Island
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Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile (1982).
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Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada de Chile (1974).
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people lived along its coast for thousands of years.
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In the Shoal Pass lies the hull of the wrecked ship
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Spanish
Patagonia
channel
Sarmiento Channel
Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region
Kawésqar
Nelson Strait
51°36′10″S 74°48′12″W / 51.60278°S 74.80333°W / -51.60278; -74.80333 (Smyth Channel,northern end)
52°46′05″S 73°50′10″W / 52.76806°S 73.83611°W / -52.76806; -73.83611 (Smyth Channel, southern end)
Manuel Rodriguez Island
Strait of Magellan
mountain ranges
granite
Contreras Island
Diego de Almagro Island

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