Wide Channel

Wide Channel is an inside passage of the Chilean Patagonia. It is 38 miles (61 km) long,[1] extending northward from the junction of Concepción Channel and Trinidad Channel, to Saumarez Island. The channel is located at 49°54′S 74°23′W.[2]

Islands and Bodies of water between Golfo de Penas and the Straits of Magellan

Wide Channel is flanked by precipitous mountains. The fjords Europa and Penguin open into this channel.

See also

List of fjords, channels, sounds and straits of Chile

References

United States, Hydrographic Office (1916). South America Pilot. 2. pp. 435–436.
Earth Info, earth-info.nga.mil webpage: .

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