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[[Image:Strait_of_Magellan.jpg|thumb|200px|Map of the Strait of Magellan]]The '''Strait of Magellan''' is a narrow waterway in [[Chile]] that separates [[Tierra del Fuego]] from the mainland of the continent of [[South America]]. [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s expedition that circumnavigated the globe discovered this passageway connecting the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s in 1520. This Strait is important because it provided a relatively safe, while still dangerous, passage through the dangerous and tricky waters surrounding the tip of South America, although the [[Panama Canal]] has eliminated the need for its use.

[[Image:Strait_of_Magellan.jpg|thumb|200px|Map of the Strait of Magellan]]

The Strait is part of the [[Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region]].

The '''Strait of Magellan''' is a narrow waterway in [[Chile]] that separates [[Tierra del Fuego]] from the mainland of the continent of [[South America]]. [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s expedition, which circumnavigated the globe, discovered this passageway connecting the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] in 1520. This strait is important because it provided a relatively safe, if still dangerous, passage through the tricky waters surrounding the tip of South America, although the [[Panama Canal]] has eliminated the need for its use.

 

The strait is part of the [[Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region]].

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