It was opened by the Commander in Chief of the Navy and member of the Pinochet-led Military Junta, Admiral José Toribio Merino, on August 20, 1977, when Commander Eduardo Angulo Budge was in charge of the Naval District North.
The monument is located in the extreme north of the city Iquique, and it is an imposing statue made of bronze wielding the Chilean flag.
The monument is a figure of an unknown sailor, in whose hands rests an axe as a sign of boarding.
We can also see at the entrance an explanatory sign showing the movements of the ships during the Naval Battle.
This statue stands atop a small rocky summit, from where tourists are able to gaze the entire coast of Iquique, including the Buoy “Esmeralda”.