Mitchell Fjord

Image:Carretera Austral 2012.JPG

{{Short description|Fjord in the South of Chile}}

Mitchell Fjord is a 30- to 50-km long fjord in Aysén Region, Chile, stretching southeast from the vicinities of Baker Channel into the valley of Bravo River.{{Cite journal|last=Aracena|first=Claudia|date=10 August 2010|title=Latitudinal patterns of export production recorded in surface sediments of the Chilean Patagonian fjords (41–55°S) as a response to water column productivity|url=https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00214/32519/30998.pdf|journal=Continental Shelf Research|volume=31|issue=3–4 |pages=340–355|doi=10.1016/j.csr.2010.08.008}}{{Cite journal|last=Prado-Fiedler|first=Roberto|title=Winter and summer distribution of dissolved oxygen, pH and nutrients at the heads of fjords in Chilean Patagonia with possible phosphorus limitation|url=https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/479/47914663024.pdf|journal=Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía|volume=44|pages=783–789}} Through a ferry based on Puerto Yungay, the channel provides access to the southernmost portion of Carretera Austral and constitutes thus the only discontinuous section of Carretera Austral south of Chaitén.