Guarello Island (Spanish: Isla Guarello) is an island in Madre de Dios Archipelago in Magallanes Region. Guarello Island is in a limestone area that also includes Madre de Dios Island. The island has the world's southernmost limestone mine and it has reserves for 100 years, and 600,000 tons of limestone with a millesimal fineness of 96% of Calcium carbonate are extracted each year. Half of the production is used in the steel mills of Huachipato which also owns the mines.[1]
Native name: Isla Guarello | |
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Guerello Island seen from Contreras Sound | |
Geography | |
Coordinates | 50°23′S 75°20′W / 50.383°S 75.333°W |
Adjacent to | Pacific Ocean |
Administration | |
Region | Magallanes |
Additional information | |
NGA UFI=-883834 |
See also
editExternal links
edit- Islands of Chile @ United Nations Environment Programme
- World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com
- South America Island High Points above 1000 meters
- United States Hydrographic Office, South America Pilot (1916)