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Patagonia & South Atlantic, Region of Magallanes

Punta Arenas Strait foreshore

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: World-trade glass: British, German, Chilean, American - whatever the Strait traffic drank..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1848-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Sub-Antarctic weather
big tides in the Strait.

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