Bahia Moreno lies between Punta Jorge and isla Guaman, about 7.5 miles ESE. Except for a sandy beach at the head of the bay, the shores are formed by rocky cliffs.
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Bahia Moreno s'étend entre la pointe Jorge et l'île Guaman, à environ 7,5 MN à l'ESE. En dehors d'une plage de sable au fond de la baie, les rives sont formées par des falaises rocheuses.
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Bahia Moreno (Antofagasta N Chile)
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Isla Guaman is about 21.9m high and white. Rocks extend nearly 0.1 mile NW from the NW end of the island and shoals extend about 91m off all other sides of the island. It is connected to the mainland by a causeway.A beacon, 6m high, equipped with a can-shaped topmark with red ...
Caleta La Chimba lies NE of Isla Guaman and is protected from the S by a causeway joining the island to the mainland. There are depths of 25 m in the entrance, which decrease to about 9 m about 0.2 NM from the head of the cove. Beware, above-water rocks lie about 0.3 NM ...
Santa Maria island is between caleta Constitucion and caleta Errazuriz. Reefs extend a little over 0.5 mile SSW from the S side of the island and up to 0.3 mile from all other sides.
Punta Tetas is the SW extremity of Peninsula Moreno. The point is of moderate height, rocky,and arid. Punta Tetas is free of off-lying dangers and a light is shown from it.
Caleta Errazuriz is S Santa Maria island. The channel between the reefs, which extend SSW from the island and those with extend about 0,3 NM N from the W entrance point of the cove, is about 0,3 NM wide and has depths over 27,4 m.
Antofagasta lies E side of Rada de Antofagasta. It is the larger commercial port of N Chile. A large part of the import-export trade of Bolivia passes through the port. Bolivia maintains a customhouse here. The harbor is well-protected and large vessels berth alongside ...
Caleta Constitucion is entered NE of isla Santa Maria. The entrance between the reefs, which extend N from the island and those which extend about 0.3 NM S from the N entrance point, is about 0.5 NM wide and has a least depth of 13.7m. A channel, about 180 m wide at its narrowest ...
The Punta Lagartos is in front of a bank (banco Lagartos) that lies at 0,5 NM from it. Islote Lagartos is at about the center of the bank. the islet is 4,9 to 5,8 m high. It is rock covered with white shells and can be recognized for 3 NM.Rocks extend some distance NW and S from ...
Mejillones lies on the S shore of Bahia Mejillones del Sur. The port consists of passenger berths (Muelle Fiscal), one fishing vessel berth, and one terminal with three mooring buoys for the discharge of ammonia.
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Along this coast there are many large and small bays, many points. Many islets and rocks border the coast. Almost the entire length of the coast is invaded by a desert. The Andes Cordillera advances to the seaand gives a very high and steep coast. There are many natural harbors ...
Chile, on the Pacific coast of S America, is defined by Peru at N, Bolivia at NE and Argentina at E. It extends over 4,300 km long, from Peru to Cape Horn, and 175 km wide on average (350 km to the level of Antofagasta and to the Tropic ...
Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest of the world's five oceans, covering more than a third of the earth's surface and containing more than half of its free water. The part south of the equator is called the South Pacific. The name Pacific, which means peaceful, was given to it by ...
Bahia Mejillones is entered between Punta Chacaya and Punta Angamos.The approaches to the bay are clearly depicted by radar from a distance of about 30 miles. Punta Angamos, Punta Chacaya, Morro Mejillones, and Tetas de Mejillones serve as excellent radar landmarks. Morro Mejillones ...
Bahia Nuestra Senora recedes about 4 NM E between Punta Grande and Punta Taltal, about 16 NM S.Rocks and reefs, which extend about 0,5 NM offshore, are scattered along the shores of the bay.
Bahia Isla Blanca recedes about 3 NM SE between Punta Taltal and Punta San Pedro, about 9 NM SW. The shores of the bay are rocky and there are no anchorages. A number of white islets lie off a steep, prominent point on the SE side of the bay. Reefs extend about 0.5 NM from the ...