Messier Channel

Maritime traffic traveling south from the Gulf of Penas passes between Wager Island on the west and the Larenas Peninsula on the east to enter the Messier Channel.

[1] There is a lighthouse (NGA 2044) on Islote San Pedro, which is just to the east of Wager Island.

The channel is named after Charles Messier, who was a French astronomer.

A depth of 1,358 m has been measured in the north part of this channel, making it one of the deepest fjords in the world.

The hulk provides warning as both a shipwreck and lighthouse (NGA-nr: 2068, Adm.: G 1552), marking the northern terminus of Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows), This Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region location article is a stub.