Adjacent bodies of water Pacific ocean Region Magallanes Area 643 km² Adjacent body of water Pacific Ocean | Highest point 1,548m Commune Cabo de Hornos, Chile Island group Tierra del Fuego | |
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Province Antártica Chilena Province | ||
Londonderry Island (Spanish: Isla Londonderry) is an island (UFI -889706) in the Magallanes Region at the western end of the Beagle Channel and Darwin Sound. The island was named by the captain of HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy, who's maternal grandfather was The 1st Marquess of Londonderry, an Ulster-Scots peer.
Map of Londonderry Island, Cabo de Hornos, Magallanes y la Ant%C3%A1rtica Chilena Region, Chile
The island is very irregularly shaped. It lies between Fitzroy Bay to the west and Bahía Cook to the east, and between the Pacific Ocean to the south and the Ballenero Channel and O'Brien Channel to the north. Nearby islands include Gilbert Island and Stewart Island to the northwest, O'Brien Island, Chile to the north, and Cook Island (or London Island) and Thompson Island to the east.
Londonderry Island and smaller nearby islands form an archipelago (UFI -889707) known as the Londonderry Islands (Spanish: Islas Londonderry).