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Evangelistas Islets

Four small islands off the coast of southern Chile

Field	Value
name	Evangelistas Islets
native_name	Islotes Evangelistas
sobriquet
image_name	Islotes evangelistas 1893.jpeg
image_size	200
image_caption	Photo of the islets by George Henry Slight, the arrow indicating the site of the lighthouse
map	Tierra del Fuego
coordinates
waterbody	Pacific Ocean
total_islands	4
area_km2
length_km
width_km
coastline_km
highest_mount
country	Chile
country_admin_divisions_title	Region
country_admin_divisions	Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena
country_admin_divisions_title_1	Province
country_admin_divisions_1	Última Esperanza
country_admin_divisions_title_2	Commune
country_admin_divisions_2	Puerto Natales
additional_info	NGA UFI=-882479

NOTOC

The Evangelistas Islets (Spanish: Islotes Evangelistas) are a group of four small, rocky islands lying on the Chilean continental shelf, some 30 km north-west of the western entrance to the Strait of Magellan, in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, facing the full force of the "Furious Fifties". They come under the jurisdiction of the Chilean Navy which operates the Chilean Maritime Signalling Service and has maintained a presence there since the establishment of the Evangelistas Lighthouse in 1896 by Scottish engineer George Henry Slight.

On February 17, 1676, sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition were lost at Evangelistas Islets while attempting to install a bronze plaque indicating the areas ownership by the King of Spain.

Description

The largest of the group is Evangelistas Grande which is about 400 m long and wide, reaches a height of 60 m and supports the lighthouse. The other, uninhabited, islets are Elcano 300 x, Lobos 400 x, and Pan de Azúcar 200 x. They are mainly bare rock with steep cliffs on their western sides and are exposed to strong winds and rough seas. Lobos and Elcano are home to breeding colonies of black-browed albatrosses with a combined estimate of 4670 pairs recorded in a 13 October 2002 aerial survey. The islets have been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International for their albatross colonies.

The islets are a breeding site for black-browed albatrosses

Climate

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References

{{Cite rowlett. chls. (2012-09-20)
(1886). "[[Anuario Hidrográfico de la Marina de Chile]]".
(2003). "The Evangelistas Islets, Chile: a new breeding site for Black-browed Albatrosses". Polar Biology.
. (2021). ["Islotes Evangelistas"](http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islotes-evangelistas-iba-chile). *BirdLife International*.

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