Fitzroy Channel

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The Fitzroy Channel forms the communication between the Otway Sound and the Skyring Sound by a winding course to the North West for 11 miles. Its south-eastern entrance is at 52°47′0″S 71°22′0″W / 52.78333°S 71.36667°W / -52.78333; -71.36667Coordinates: 52°47′0″S 71°22′0″W / 52.78333°S 71.36667°W / -52.78333; -71.36667. The channel is of easy navegation, but a strong tide runs, even during the neaps, at the rate of 5 or 6 kn.[1]

The channel separates the Riesco Island from American continent.

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References

  1. ↑ Great Britain. Hydrographic Office (1860). South America Pilot: Including Magellan Strait, the Falkland and Galapagos Islands. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

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