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Here we come to the part of Chile its southernmost tip around which
where the climate is truly cool and explorers and immigrants had to
windy. travel before the Panama Canal was
built in order to reach the Western
The next and final region is the Americas (and one reason why the
region of Magallanes. It is Chile’s port of Valparaiso was once so
southernmost and largest region. wealthy and famous). This region
It includes some of Chile’s most also includes the parts of Antarctica
famous landmarks, such as Torres del clamed by Chile. The capital of
Paine, which is a group of famous this region is Punta Arenas, Chile’s
mountains that attract visitors and southernmost city, which in itself
hikers from all over the world. Here is a large and thriving hub and
we also find the notorious Tierra del contains one of Chile’s largest
Fuego archipelago, and Cape Horn, Croatian communities.