Última Esperanza Sound

The navigator Juan Ladrillero named it so in 1557, because he felt it was this direction was his last chance to reach the Strait of Magellan.

[2] During the last glacial period glaciers reached their maximum extent in Última Esperanza Sound about 48,000 years ago.

[3] Last Hope Sound along with the Señoret Channel forms a navigation route, which connects Puerto Natales with several protected areas of the region.

In the vicinity of the Eberhard Fjord is located Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument, where remains have been recovered of the extinct ground sloth along with a settlement of prehistoric humans.

[4] Abbey Mitchell (1924) Mexico district General de Nacionales, Barcelona Estudios, lodon', Megalithic Portal, 13 April 2008 [2]

Numerous streams tumble over the cliffs into the sound in fine cascades.