Guamblin Island

Guamblin is an island exposed to the Pacific on the outer edge of the Chonos archipelago. Evergreen forest and small peat bogs cover its wet ground, while the surrounding ocean breaks against its shores. In 1557–1558 the expedition of Juan Ladrillero named the island Nuestra Señora del Socorro; evidence of Chono occupation shows that even this remote island belonged to an Indigenous maritime world.