Murray Channel

{{Short description|Channel in the commune of Cabo de Hornos, Magallanes Region, Chile}}

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The Murray Channel is a channel of Chile located in the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, in the Antártica Chilena Province of the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region. It separates Hoste Island from Navarino Island and is bounded by the Beagle Channel to the north. The salinity of the Murray Channel is approximately 31.8 parts per thousand.César Cárdenas et al., 2008

Prehistory

The Yaghan peoples settled the lands along the Murray Channel approximately 10,000 years ago. There are notable archaeological sites indicating such early Yaghan settlement, such as Bahia Wulaia on Isla Navarino, where the Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens are located.C. Michael Hogan, 2008

References

  • César Cárdenas, Leen van Ofwegen, Américo Montie, and Dirk Schories (2008) [http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0718-686X2008000100004&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en First Records of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) to the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Magellan Region, Chile]
  • C. Michael Hogan (2008) [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18795 Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham]

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