Punta Arenas
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He said they had researched the virus before arriving from Punta Arenas in Chile on 5 May, but it did not deter them.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
She journeys to Chile’s remote Punta Arenas, home to the scenic Sara Braun Municipal Cemetery, a profusion of pruned cypress trees and a statue of an Unknown Indian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
Just that morning, in fact, he had remarked to his family how Punta Arenas had gone through two days of rain, though it wasn’t cold but rather quite humid with temperatures ranging in the mid-60s.
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
Mr. H. L. Reynard, an Englishman living in Punta Arenas, rented Elizabeth Island early in the seventies, and brought some sheep there from the Falklands.
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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