What is Strait of Magellan?
[[File:Chile.estrechodemagallanes.png|thumb|right|270px|]] [[File:StraitOfMagellan.jpg|thumb|right|270px|A [[Satellite (artificial)|satellite]] image of the Strait of Magellan]] The '''Strait of Magellan''' is a passageway from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. It is just south of mainland [[South America]] and north of [[Tierra del Fuego]]. It goes through [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]] and for a long time the two countries argued over which one owned the land around it. Chile now owns it. The [[strait]] is named after [[Ferdinand Magellan]]. It is very foggy and stormy. <gallery> File:NaoVictoria.JPG File:Commerson's_dolphins_(Cephalorhynchus_commersonii)_in_the_Strait_of_Magellan.jpg File:US_Navy_040621-N-6536T-066_The_Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier_USS_Ronald_Reagan_(CVN_76)_cruises_through_the_Straits_of_Magellan.jpg File:Ferry_magallanes.jpg </gallery> ==Other websites== * [http://www.wdl.org/en/item/3972 The first map made of the Strait of Magellan.] It was made in 1520 [[Category:Straits|Magellan]] [[Category:Bodies of water of South America]] {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}}