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2 unusual facts about Bernardo O'Higgins National Park


Amalia Glacier

Amalia Glacier, also known as Skua Glacier, is a tidewater glacier located in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park on the edge of the Sarmiento Channel.

Wellington Island

It has an area of 5,556 km² and most of the island forms part of Bernardo O'Higgins National Park.


Bernardo O'Higgins

After travelling to Callao to embark for Chile, however, O'Higgins began to succumb to cardiac problems and was too weak to travel.

Crossing of the Andes

Bernardo O'Higgins and other Chilean leaders had fled to Mendoza during the new royalist government, which led to O'Higgins being part of the Army of the Andes as well as the Argentine soldiers.

History of Chile

The political camp became divided by supporters of O'Higgins, Carrera, liberal Pipiolos and conservative Pelucones, being the two last the main movements that prevailed and absorbed the rest.

Legacy of the May Revolution

Chilean painter Pedro Subercaseaux created many related paintings after requests from Ángel Carranza, such as Cabildo abierto del 22 de mayo de 1810; Mariano Moreno writing in his desk; the embrace of Maipú between San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins; and the first playing of the Argentine National Anthem.

Order of Bernardo O'Higgins

This award was established in 1965 and named after one of the founders of the Chilean state general, Bernardo O'Higgins, who was the leader of the struggle for independence of the Spanish colonies in the Americas from 1810 to 1826.

Rand Araskog

He has also been awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy by the President of Italy and the Order General Bernardo O'Higgins by the president of Chile.

Sharpe's Devil

Lord Cochrane, a former Royal Navy officer now in service to the Chilean rebels under Bernardo O'Higgins, ambushes the Espiritu Santo and, with the assistance of Sharpe and Harper, capture it, taking Captain Ardiles prisoner.


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