Guarello Island

Guarello Island (Spanish: Isla Guarello) is an island in Madre de Dios Archipelago in Magallanes Region.

Guarello Island is in a limestone area that also includes Madre de Dios Island.

The island has the world's southernmost limestone mine and it has reserves for 100 years, and 600,000 tons of limestone with a millesimal fineness of 96% of Calcium carbonate are extracted each year.

Half of the production is used in the steel mills of Huachipato which also owns the mines.

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