Lennox Island

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Lennox Island is a small island whose ownership and control have been historically contested, notably as the focus of the Beagle conflict between Argentina and Chile.

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Label Occurrences
Lennox Island canonical 2

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
approximateLatitude about 55 degrees south ⓘ
approximateLongitude about 66 degrees west ⓘ
archipelago Picton, Nueva and Lennox Islands ⓘ
borderDisputeType maritime and territorial dispute ⓘ
climate subpolar oceanic climate ⓘ
conflictMediationBy Holy See ⓘ
conflictResolutionMethod papal mediation ⓘ
conflictRiskPeriod late 1970s ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
currentStatus peacefully administered by Chile ⓘ
disputeKeyIssue sovereignty over islands in the Beagle Channel ⓘ
disputePeriod 20th century ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance part of southernmost territories of Chile ⓘ
groupWith Nueva Island ⓘ
Picton Island ⓘ
historicallyClaimedBy Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
involvedIn Beagle Channel dispute ⓘ
Beagle conflict ⓘ
locatedIn Beagle Channel ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Southern Cone ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego archipelago ⓘ
locatedInOcean Southern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic

Southern Ocean ⓘ
navigationRelevance near routes around Cape Horn ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Drake Passage ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Antártica Chilena Province ⓘ
Cape Horn Commune ⓘ
Magallanes Region ⓘ
regionType remote southern island ⓘ
relatedTreaty Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Argentina and Chile ⓘ
sovereigntyRecognizedAs Chilean territory ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Atlantic and Southern Ocean sea lanes ⓘ
control of adjacent maritime zones ⓘ
treatyOutcome recognized Chilean sovereignty over Lennox Island ⓘ
uninhabitedStatus sparsely populated or uninhabited ⓘ

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