Английская Википедия:Hermite Islands
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Confuse Шаблон:Infobox islands
The Hermite Islands (Шаблон:Lang-es) are the islands Hermite, Herschel, Deceit and Hornos as well as the islets Maxwell, Jerdán, Arrecife, Chanticleer, Hall, Deceit (islet), and Hasse at almost the southernmost end of South America.[1] The smallest and southernmost of the major islands is Hornos Island, the location of Cape Horn. The islands are located south of the Wollaston Islands and separated from them by the Franklin Channel. The islets Terhalten, Sesambre, Evout and Barnevelt are located easterly and are not considered part of the Hermite islands.
The southernmost islands of the American continent are the Diego Ramírez Islands, southwest of Cape Horn. South of all these islands is the Drake Passage.
The southern tip of Deceit island extends southeastwards through a line of sharp-edged rocks known as Los dientes o garras de Deceit (the Teeth or Claws of Deceit) that end in a rough islet, Islote Deceit. The islands form part of the Cabo de Hornos National Park.
History
They are named after the Dutch admiral Jacques l'Hermite (1582-1624). Hermite Islands were visited by Charles Darwin at the turn of 1832/1833. In 1979, the Argentine military junta known as the National Reorganization Process made a strategic feint towards the islands, called Operation Soberania, in an attempt to compel Chile into renegotiating their border with Argentina.
-
Landscape in the Hermite Islands
-
Teeth of Deceit
-
Barnevelt Island
-
Evout Island
See also
References
External links
- ↑ 7. Cabo de Hornos , retrieved on 14 February 2013
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- Английская Википедия
- Hermite Islands
- Archipelagoes of Chile
- Islands of Tierra del Fuego
- Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean
- Pacific islands of Chile
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
