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Águila Islet

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Archipelago
  
Diego Ramírez Islands

Region
  
Magallanes

Island group
  
Diego Ramírez Islands

Adjacent bodies of water
  
Pacific ocean

Commune
  
Cabo de Hornos

Adjacent body of water
  
Pacific Ocean

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Province
  
Antártica Chilena Province

Águila Islet (Spanish: Islote Águila, "Eagle Islet") is the southernmost point of the South American continent (including the islands, but not counting the South Sandwich Islands). It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage.

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The distance to the closest Antarctic lands (Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands) is about 800 km (497 mi) and to the mainland (Antarctic Peninsula) is about 950 km (590 mi).

References

Águila Islet Wikipedia