Enrique Simpson

{{Short description|Chilean admiral (1835–1901)}}

{{Infobox military person

|name= Enrique Simpson Baeza

|birth_date= 1835

|death_date= May 17, 1901

|image=Enrique_Simpson_Baeza_2.JPG

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|birth_place=Valparaíso, Chile

|death_place=Valparaíso, Chile

|allegiance= Chile

|branch= Navy

|serviceyears= 1851 - 1898

|rank=Counter admiral

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|commands= Chacabuco
Almirante Cochrane

|battles=Revolution of 1859
War of the Pacific

• Battle of Pisagua

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|relations=Son of Robert Winthrop Simpson

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}}Enrique Simpson Baeza (Valparaíso, 1835–Valparaíso, May 17, 1901) was a Chilean Navy officer and explorer. Simpson mapped the archipelagoes and coast of Aysén Region onboard of the corvette Chacabuco in the 1870s.{{cite book |last=Bello Maldonado |first=Álvaro|editor-last=Núñez|editor-first=Andrés|editor-last2=Aliste|editor-first2=Enrique|editor-last3=Bello Maldonado |editor-first3=Álvaro|editor-last4=Osorio|editor-first4=Mauricio |chapter=Exploración, conocimiento geográfico y nación: La “creación” de la Patagonia Occidental y Aysén a fines del siglo XIX |date=2017 |title=Imaginarios geográficos, prácticas y discursos de frontera: Aisén-Patagonia desde el texto de la nación |chapter-url=http://repositorio.uchile.cl/bitstream/handle/2250/145418/Imaginarios_geogra%20ficos_pra%20cticas_y_discursos_de_frontera.pdf?sequence=1#page=62 |pages=61–86 |series=GEOlibros|issue=25|language=es|publisher=Impresión Gráfica LOM|isbn=978-956-14-2064-9}} Among his feats is the re-discovery of San Rafael Lake and the insight that Aisén Fjord provides the best access to the interior of Patagonia from the Pacific.Simpson, E. (1874). Esploraciones hechas por la Corbeta Chacabuco al mando del capitán de fragata don Enrique M. Simpson en los Archipiélagos de Guaitecas, Chonos i Taitao. Santiago. Imprenta Nacional.

Simpson River is named after him.