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Águila Islet

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Águila Islet (Islote Águila, "Eagle Islet") is the southernmost point of the Americas. It is part of the larger southern group of the Diego Ramírez Islands, 107 km (66 mi) southwest of Cape Horn in the Drake Passage. The distance to the closest Antarctic lands (Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands) is about 800 km (497 mi) and to the mainland (Antarctic Peninsula) is about 950 km (590 mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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