Punta Arenas

[ poon-tah ah-re-nahs ]

noun

1. a seaport in southern Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile.

Punta Arenas

/ ˈpunta aˈrenas /

noun

1. a port in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in the world. Pop: 118 000 (2005 est) Former nameMagallanes

Example Sentences

Presently a single red light appeared, the Punta Arenas harbor light, twenty-five feet up on an iron pole.

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She'll anchor in Punta Arenas harbor and announce a case of some infectious disease on board.

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The city of Punta Arenas will be turned into a snarling place of maniacs within a very little while—if I do not return.

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And all through the streets and ways of Punta Arenas, fear stalked almost as a tangible thing.

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Punta Arenas was all of twenty-five miles behind, and the earth over which they flew began to take on the shape of an island.

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