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[[File:Metula.svg|thumb|right|400px|Site of the oil spill: south beach of the Primera Angostura in the Straits of Magellan]]
The '''Bahia Possession''' is an ocean bay in the northern shore [[Strait of Magellan]] located between [[Primera Angostura]] and [[Punta Dungenes]]. This bay is siutated approximately 37 kilometres south of the [[Pali Aike National Park]], the location of some of the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, going as far back as the human occupation at the [[Pali Aike Crater]] [[lava tube]] 10,000 years ago.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2008</ref>
'''Bahía Posesión''', also known in English as '''Possession Bay''', is an ocean bay on the north shore of the [[Strait of Magellan]] located between [[Primera Angostura]] and [[Punta Dúngeness]]. It is approximately {{Convert|37|km|mi|abbr=on|sp=us}} south of the [[Pali-Aike National Park]], the location of some of the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, going as far back as the human occupation at the [[Pali-Aike volcanic field|Pali-Aike crater]] [[lava tube]] 10,000 years ago.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2008</ref>

In 1974, the [[VLCC Metula oil spill|oil tanker VLCC ''Metula'']], en route to [[Quintero]] Bay, Chile, ran aground here and lost some 60,000 tons of light Arabian crude before reflotation, severely affecting the local wildlife.<ref>Roy W. Harm, 1974</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tierra del Fuego]]


In 1974, the oil tanker ''Metula'', en route to Quintera Bay, Chile, ran aground here and lost some 60,000 tons of light Arabian crude before reflotation, severely affecting the local wildlife.<ref>Roy W. Harm, 1974</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
* Roy W. Harm, Jr. ''[https://www.u-cursos.cl/ingenieria/2007/1/CI61U/1/material_docente/previsualizar.php?id_material=127335 Metula Oil Spill]'', U.S. Coast Guard Report, 1974.
* Roy W. Harm, Jr. ''[https://www.u-cursos.cl/ingenieria/2007/1/CI61U/1/material_docente/previsualizar.php?id_material=127335 Metula Oil Spill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185809/https://www.u-cursos.cl/ingenieria/2007/1/CI61U/1/material_docente/previsualizar.php?id_material=127335 |date=2016-03-03 }}'', U.S. Coast Guard Report, 1974.
* C. Michael Hogan, ''[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18657 Pali Aike]'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 2008.
* C. Michael Hogan, ''[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18657 Pali Aike]'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 2008.


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==See also==
* [[Tierra del Fuego]]

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Latest revision as of 02:52, 2 October 2022

Site of the oil spill: south beach of the Primera Angostura in the Straits of Magellan

Bahía Posesión, also known in English as Possession Bay, is an ocean bay on the north shore of the Strait of Magellan located between Primera Angostura and Punta Dúngeness. It is approximately 37 km (23 mi) south of the Pali-Aike National Park, the location of some of the earliest known human settlement in the Americas, going as far back as the human occupation at the Pali-Aike crater lava tube 10,000 years ago.[1]

In 1974, the oil tanker VLCC Metula, en route to Quintero Bay, Chile, ran aground here and lost some 60,000 tons of light Arabian crude before reflotation, severely affecting the local wildlife.[2]

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  1. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
  2. ^ Roy W. Harm, 1974

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