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4 unusual facts about Chiloé Island


Chiloé Island

All of these remains indicate the presence of nomadic groups dedicated to the collection of marine creatures (clams, mussels and choromytilus chorus, among others) and to hunting and fishing.

It is also is a breeding area for other species, such as the Red-legged Cormorant and Kelp Gull.

Chiloe micropteron

The Genus name is derived from Chiloé Island where many of the specimens were collected, and the species name is derived from its very small fore-wings.

Six Magics

In 2003, they began to work on their second album, The Secrets Of An Island. This was a conceptual work about the mythological history of Chiloé Island.


Mapuche language

These speaker live south of the Mapuche in Chile's Valdivian Coastal Range, Osorno Province and on Chiloé Island.

Queilén

It covers a portion of the southeast of the Greater Island of Chiloé, between the communes of Chonchi, Quellón, Tranqui Island and Acuy Island.

Valdivian temperate rain forest

South of 42°, the coast range continues as a chain of offshore islands, including Chiloé Island and the Chonos Archipelago, while the "Central Valley" is submerged and continues as the Gulf of Corcovado.


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