Punta Arenas
Americannoun
noun
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Sophie Trafford, Rona Hulbert and Craig Swan met at Aberdeen University and were in their 20s when they cycled from Punta Arenas in Chile to Anchorage in Alaska.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Pizarro remarked how Punta Arenas, the most southerly city in the world, has been experiencing strange weather patterns.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
By now, they were supposed to be well into the first leg of the three-year Life at Sea cruise, sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
When he heard of a bar in Punta Arenas, Chile, whose ceiling was still splintered by a bullet fired by explorer Ernest Shackleton, he had to see it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
In those days Punta Arenas was a supply depot for a fleet of sealing schooners that eventually destroyed the rookeries of the region to the south.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
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