title: Benjamín Muñoz Gamero
text: # Benjamín Muñoz Gamero
  
  Benjamín Muñoz Gamero (Mendoza, Argentina, March 31, 1817 – Punta Arenas, Chile, December 3, 1851) was a Chilean naval officer, senator and governor of Punta Arenas in the Straits of Magellan. He was killed during the Mutiny of Cambiazo in 1851.
  
  Muñoz Gamero Peninsula is named after him.
  
  