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Chile / Chili / Cile / Chilli - flag - The Juan Fernandez archipelago gets it's name from a Portuguese seaman who worked for the Royal Spanish Crown. He discovered the islands in 1574 and they became a favorite haven for pirates and buccaneers after crossing Cape Horn or South America's tip at the Strait Magallanes. The islands are 667km from Valparaiso, Chile's main port and coastal city and consist of three islands: Robinson Crusoe Island, where you will find the only town with around 600 inhabitants (Cumberland Bay). Its rugged north side with cliffs are dominated by the central and massive mountains called el Yunque (the Anvil). Santa Clara island, uninhabited and the smallest of the archipelago is very close to Robinson Crusoe. It consists of magnificent dry-land and only rabbits live here. It has a peak called Johow mountain. The third island is called Alexander Selkirk. It is the most isolated with only 25 people living here who are all lobster-fishermen. The real Robinsons.... The highest peak is Los Inocentes mountain with imposing heights clearly reflecting its volcanic structure. It is surrounded by rocky beaches, cliffs and contains incredible flora. The islands were occupied by the French, the English, the Spaniards and later were declared by the Chileans who still own it today.y.

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	Robinson Crusoe island: dicksonia berteroana				Robinson Crusoe island: blossoming Sweet garlic - ochagavia elegans
	Robinson Crusoe island: tree-on-tree				Robinson Crusoe island: dendroseris pruinata
	Robinson Crusoe island: gunnera bracteata				Robinson Crusoe island: greigia berteroi
	Robinson Crusoe island: sophora fernandeziana - endemic legume - flowers - Fabaceae family				Robinson Crusoe island: yunquea tenzii
	Robinson Crusoe island: newly discovered fern species from Cerro Agudo				Robinson Crusoe island: Canelo flower - Drimys confertifolia
	Robinson Crusoe island: trunk				Robinson Crusoe island: Gunnera peltata - flower - the inflorescence is over 1 metre long
	Robinson Crusoe island: in the forest				Robinson Crusoe island: Juan Bono - rhaphithamnus venustus - flowers - family Verbenaceae
	Robinson Crusoe island: Dendroseris littoralis flower, the Juan Fernandez cabbage tree - a favourite of hummingbirds				Robinson Crusoe island: dendroseris littoralis - col de Juan Fernandez
	Robinson Crusoe island: eucalyptus				Robinson Crusoe island: Erigeron fernandezianus - Margarita of Robinson Crusoe - flowers
	Robinson Crusoe island: fern				Robinson Crusoe island: fern - blechnum cycadifolium unfolding
	Robinson Crusoe island: a robinsonia				Robinson Crusoe island: Coprosma oliveri - flowers - luma
	Robinson Crusoe island: blechnum cycadifolium				Robinson Crusoe island: plant
	Robinson Crusoe island: chenopodium sanctaeclarae				Robinson Crusoe island: tree fern

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Chile. country occupying a coastal strip down the southern half of the west of South America - between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. capital: Santiago

see also: Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Easter island, Bolivia, Spain, Antarctic, Americas

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