San Pedro Bay (Chile)

San Pedro Bay (Spanish: Bahía San Pedro) is a bay in southern Chile located in the southern coast of Osorno Province.

The bay has the form of a half-circle open to the west and has several small coves.

On September 18, 1544 twelve men of the expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene made landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, with Jerónimo de Alderete claiming the territory for the Governor of Chile and the King of Spain.

[1] The Spanish captured two male and two female indigenous inhabitants as proof of their discovery.

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Caleta Manquemapu within the Manquemapu bay, hidden by the hill in foreground is the wreck of the Leucotón . Manquemapu River is right below of the image.
View of San Pedro Bay from the south.