Caguatl

Near the Tres Montes peninsula, Caguatl faces the stormy approaches to the Gulf of Penas. The peninsula projects southward from Taitao into a maze of inlets and islands. Chono seafarers travelled by canoe through the archipelagos as far south as Taitao and the gulf. In 1741 the British ship Wager was wrecked farther south during a storm, revealing how dangerous this exposed passage could be to sailing vessels.