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Fuerte Bulnes
Fuerte Bulnes Review
In the middle of a Chilean winter in 1843, a frigate under the command of Captain Juan Williams Rebolledo sailed southward from the island of Chiloé carrying a ragtag contingent of 11 sailors and eight soldiers. In October, on a rocky promontory called Santa Ana overlooking the Estrecho de Magallanes, they built a wooden fort, which they named Fuerte Bulnes, thereby founding the first Chilean settlement in the southern reaches of Patagonia. Much of the fort has been restored.
- Address: 5 km (3 mi) south of Puerto Hambre, Puerto Hambre | Map It
- Phone: No phone
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Weekdays 8:30-12:30 and 2:30-6:30
- Location: Puerto Hambre
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