Wide Channel

{{Short description|Inside passage of the Chilean Patagonia}}

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Wide Channel is an inside passage of the Chilean Patagonia. It is {{convert|38|mi|km}} long,{{cite book |first=Hydrographic Office |last=United States |year=1916 |volume=2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/southamericapil01offigoog/page/n450 435]–436 |title=South America Pilot |url=https://archive.org/details/southamericapil01offigoog}} extending northward from the junction of Concepción Channel and Trinidad Channel, to Saumarez Island. The channel is located at {{coord|49|54|S|74|23|W|display=title,inline|scale:1200000|name=Wide Channel}}.Earth Info, earth-info.nga.mil webpage: [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html].

Wide Channel is flanked by precipitous mountains. The fjords Europa and Penguin open into this channel.