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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> |
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> |
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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> |
In 1974, the [[VLCC Metula oil spill|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> |
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Revision as of 13:23, 12 April 2012
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.[1]
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.[2]
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References
- Roy W. Harm, Jr. Metula Oil Spill, U.S. Coast Guard Report, 1974.
- C. Michael Hogan, Pali Aike, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 2008.
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