Ramirez Island

Ramírez Island lies in Chile's Queen Adelaide Archipelago in the far south of South America. Exposed water and changing weather make navigation in the region demanding.

Indigenous maritime peoples, including the Yaghan and Kawésqar, lived in the southern archipelagos, using boats and a detailed knowledge of sheltered channels to obtain marine resources. Ships seeking the passage around the southern continent faced long distances from supplies and little margin for error, and weather, currents and coastal shelter repeatedly decided whether a voyage survived.