Theme Week Chile

21 November 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  20 minutes

Santiago de Chile at night © Javmoraga/cc-by-sa-3.0

Santiago de Chile at night © Javmoraga/cc-by-sa-3.0

Chile is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.   read more…

The Robinsón Crusoe Island

7 September 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Lestercl

© Lestercl

Robinson Crusoe Island, formerly known as Más a Tierra (Closer to land), or Aguas Buenas, is the largest island of the Chilean Juan Fernández archipelago, situated 674 kilometres west of South America in the South Pacific Ocean and belongs to Chile. The archipelago is made up of three islands, Robinson Crusoe, Alejandro Selkirk and the small Santa Clara.   read more…

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