Calbuco Island (also Caicaén Island) is an island in the commune of Calbuco, Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The city of Calbuco is on the island. The island was separated from the mainland by Calbuco Channel, but a causeway was built in 1965 to connect the island to the continent.[1]

Calbuco Island
Native name:
Isla Calbuco
See topography and toponym of the Region
Calbuco Island is located in Los Lagos
Calbuco Island
Calbuco Island
Geography
Coordinates41°46′49″S 73°08′22″W / 41.78014°S 73.13951°W / -41.78014; -73.13951
Adjacent toReloncaví Sound, Pacific Ocean
Administration
RegionLos Lagos
ProvinceLlanquihue
CommuneCalbuco
Additional information
NGA UFI -874659

In 1603 the Spanish under the command of Francisco Hernández Ortiz-Pizarrro established a fort on the island to protect their settlements in the Gulf of Ancud.[2]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Instituto Hidrográfico (1981). Derrotero de la Costa de Chile: Volumen II. Desde el Canal de Chacao hasta el Golfo de Penas (5th ed.). Valparaíso, Chile: Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada. p. 89.
  2. ^ Mansilla Almonacid, José D. (2002). "La población de Calbuco evolución de las cifras. Siglos XVII-XX" (PDF). Revista Austral de Ciencias Sociales (in Spanish). 6: 125–134.