The Chilean Patagonia embraces the southern part of the region of Los Lagos, and the regions of Aisén and Magallanes.

Gilbert Islands


Messier Channel


Drake Passage

Beagle Channel


Cockburn Channel


Gulf of Corcovado


Guaitecas Island


Reloncavi Island


Mornington Island


Londonderry Island


Grande Chiloè Island


Cuernos del Paine from Pehoé Lake, Chile.

The Chilean part of Patagonia embraces the southern part of the region of Los Lagos, and the regions of Aisén and Magallanes.

The climate is less severe than was supposed by early travelers.

The east slope is warmer than the west, especially in summer, as a branch of the southern equatorial current reaches its shores, whereas the west coast is washed by a cold current.

At Puerto Montt, on the inlet behind Chiloé Island.

The mean annual temperature is 11 °C (52 °F) and the average extremes 25.5 °C (78 °F) and −1.5 °C (29.5 °F), whereas at Bahía Blanca near the Atlantic coast and just outside the northern confines of Patagonia the annual temperature is 15 °C (59 °F) and the range much greater.

At Punta Arenas, in the extreme south, the mean temperature is 6 °C (43 °F) and the average extremes 24.5 °C (76 °F) and −2 °C (28 °F).

The prevailing winds are westerly, and the westward slope has a much heavier precipitation than the eastern in a rainshadow effect;the western islands close to Torres del Paine receive an annual precipitation of 4,000 to 7,000 mm, whilst the eastern hills are less than 800 mm and the plains may be as low as 200 mm annual precipitation.

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