Brunswick Peninsula

Geographical location

The Brunswick Peninsula (also called " Brunswick Peninsula ," Spanish Peninsula de Brunswick) is the southernmost part of the South American country, with the southernmost point of Cape Froward. It is situated in the Región XII in Chile and is located on the Strait of Magellan. Name factor was the German city of Braunschweig. Largest city of the peninsula, is Punta Arenas. The municipality consists of the peninsula of Punta Arenas and some neighboring islands.

On the peninsula, about 50 km south of Punta Arenas, located in 1977 established National Reserve Laguna Parrillar. It has an area of 184 km ² and is between 300 and 650 meters above sea level. M.

Further south lie Puerto Hambre (including Puerto del Hambre, French Port Famine, literally " Port of hunger " ) and Fuerte Bulnes at the Buena Bay. Puerto Hambre was founded in March 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. The first Spanish settlers suffered from starvation due to the sparse vegetation. The English pirate Thomas Cavendish found the ruins of the settlement in 1587, and since 1968 the ruins have the status of a national monument.

Interestingly, the Brunswick Peninsula is hardly perceived as the southern end of South America. In this respect, her run round the Cape Horn, the Diego Ramirez Islands and Tierra del Fuego from the rank.

• Peninsula (Chile)
• Peninsula (South America)
• Peninsula (Pacific ocean )
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