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The Desventuradas Islands (Spanish: Unfortunate Islands) are relatively small oceanic islands located approximately 870 km off the coast of Chile; they are part of the Valparaíso municipality. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Valparaíso (literally in Spanish: Valle Paraíso (Paradise Valley and also called "Valpo" locally is a major city in Chile A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or The Desventuradas Islands consist of the two main islands Isla San Félix and Isla San Ambrosio and several rocks and stacks: Islote González or Isla González, a small islet that is located southeast of Isla San Félix and Roca Catedral which is located north of Isla San Félix. A stack is a geological Landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast Together, the Desventuradas Islands have a surface area of only 3. 9 km². The topography is very rugged, with peak elevations of 193 m on Isla San Félix, 479 m on Isla (de) San Ambrosio, 173 m on Islote/Isla Gonzalez and 53 m on Roca Catedral.
Both islands are of volcanic origin, and the flora and fauna are of great scientific interest, though there is little known about it. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all Fauna is all of the Animal life of any particular region or time Isla (de) San Ambrosio rises from the sea as sheer cliffs on almost all sides, is 4 km long by 850 m wide, and primarily basaltic. Basalt (bəˈsɔːlt ˈbeisɔːlt ˈbæsɔːlt is a common Extrusive Volcanic rock. Isla San Félix is slightly smaller and has two small peaks, reaching 193 m, which are denuded by high winds. The vegetation is a miniature mosaic of matorral, barren rock, various size trees, and shrubs mixed with ferns and perennial herbs. There is a single-runway military airfield in San Félix (ICAO code: SCFX). The International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) an agency of the United Nations, codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation
There are no permanent sources of fresh water on the islands. Vertebrates inhabiting both islands are exclusively limited to birds. Ten species of marine birds and one land bird species, some of them endangered, make their nests on or visit the islands.
Because of their isolation and difficulty of access, there are no human settlements on these islands, but a detachment of the Chilean Navy is stationed on Isla San Félix, which also hosts a 2,000 meter runway. The Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile is the naval force of Chile.
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History
The islands were sighted by Juan Fernández in 1574, and perhaps earlier by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520. Juan Fernández (c 1536 &ndash c 1604 was a Spanish explorer and navigator Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães fɨɾˈnɐ̃ũ dɨ mɐgɐˈʎɐ̃ĩʃ Fernando de Magallanes (Spring 1480 &ndash April 27 1521 Mactan Island, Cebu Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa wrote in 1579 that "they are now called after St Felix and St Ambor [i. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532 - 1592 was a Spanish explorer author historian astronomer scientist and humanist e. Felix and Nabor])". Saints Nabor and Felix were martyred during the reign of Emperor Diocletian in 303 However, by linguistic corruption, the name of the martyr Ambor (Nabor) became confused with that of the more famous bishop Saint Ambrose (San Ambrosio). The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom Saint Ambrose (c 338 &ndash 4 April 397) was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century [1]
List of islands and location
Desventuradas Islands ('Unfortunate Islands'), from east to west:
| Island/Rock | Area (km²) | Peak Elevation (m) | Geographical Coordinates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Ambrosio | 2. The Desventuradas Islands (Unfortunate Islands are relatively small oceanic islands located approximately 870 km off the coast of Chile; they are part of the 2 | 479 | ||||||
| San Felix group | ||||||||
| Islote González | 0. 25 | 173 | ||||||
| San Félix | 1. The Desventuradas Islands (Unfortunate Islands are relatively small oceanic islands located approximately 870 km off the coast of Chile; they are part of the 4 | Cerro Amarillo, 193 | ||||||
| Roca Catedral | 0. 01 | 53 | ||||||
| Desventuradas | 3. 9 | 479 | ||||||
References
- ^ B. Glanvill Corney, "The Isles of San Felix and San Nabor," The Geographical Journal, Vol. 56, No. 3 (September 1920), pp. 196-200
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