Baker Channel

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Baker Channel, also known as Calen Inlet, is a channel of Chile located in the Aysen Region. The Baker River discharges into Martinez Inlet, the northern part of this large estuary. It penetrates the mainland about 75 mi. and opens into Tarn Bay at the south-east corner of the Gulf of Penas. Merino Jarpa island lies wholly within this great estuary, while at its mouth lies a group of smaller islands, called Baker Islands, which separate it from Messier Channel. Baker Channel also receives the waters of the O'Higgins/San Martín Lake, whose far-reaching fjord-like arms extend from lat. 49° 11' to 48° 22' S.; its north-west arm drains into the Pascua River.

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