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Strait of Magellan

DEFINITIONS OF: Strait of Magellan

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n the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built

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a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
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