Dawson Island
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Dawson Island (Lat: 53º 58’ 12” S Long: 70º 34’ 48”W) [3] is an island in the Strait of Magellan that forms part of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, 100 km south of the city of Punta Arenas in Chile, and part of the Municipality of Punta Arenas. It is located southeast of Brunswick Peninsula and is an approximately 1290 km² tract of land that is often lashed with harsh Antarctic weather. Its population was 415 as of the 1992 census of population [1], and 301 as of 2002 [2]. The settlements are Puerto Harris, Puerto San Antonio and Puerto Almeida.
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