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	Wikipedia: Spanish language
		It also survives in isolated places such as Chiloé, in Chile.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/s/sp/spanish_language.html (2719 words)

	Chile Lodging
		Archipelagoes extend along the southern Chilean coast from Chiloé Island to Cape Horn, the southernmost point of the South American continent.
		It has an extreme northern-southern length of approximately 4270 km (about 2650 mi), but its average width is less than 180 km (less than 110 mi).
	www.sacayonda.info /country/cl.html (830 words)

	Native American
		Mythological Chiloé Island by Walter Velásquez offers legends and folktales from the Chilean island of Chiloé.
		Brazilian Folklore has a page describing myths and fantastic creatures.
	www.mythiccrossroads.com /american-native.htm (744 words)

	¤ Conform-mystik & Sub-versive ¤: July 2002
		Jago's lookout (BE), Montania (PY), Chiloé Island (CH), Alhambra Granada, CORRUBEDO Faro, Valluga (AU)
		Just in case travelling without moving counts also: the power of the mind enables fantastic voyages...
		Defaced web sites inventory: in case you need to see who's been hackked...
	www.wacondah.com /blog/2002_07_01_wacondah_archive.html (2576 words)

	ipedia.com: List of islands by area Article
		Chiloé (3,241 sq mi/ 8,394 km²) - part of Chile
	www.ipedia.com /list_of_islands_by_area.html (1958 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Wigeon
		Wigeon, common name for three species of freshwater ducks.
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		They feed upland more regularly than other ducks, and their short bills, blue-gray with a...
	encarta.msn.com /Wigeon.html (1958 words)

	Birds of the Falkland Islands - Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
		Chilo� Wigeon are most common in areas where there are an abundance of suitable ponds, such as in Lafonia, where birds may be found in small flocks.
		The Chilo� Wigeon is widespread around the Falklands, although not particularly common.
		We now offer a selection of merchandise featuring Falklands wildlife available in our on-line store.
	www.falklands.net /BirdGuideChiloeWidgeon.shtml (1958 words)

	Untitled Document
		Chiloe widgeons join the very small number of waterfowl species that have managed to cross the hostile South Atlantic (Drake Passage) separating the tip of South America from Antarctica.
		The eggs are incubated by the female alone.
	laffy.commontown.com /netshare/Badge69714/doc/Chiloe/Chiloe.htm (1958 words)

	Chiloe Island -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Marshall Islands' nearest neighbors are Wake Island to the north, Kiribati and Nauru to the south, and the Federated States of Micronesia to the west.
		The island is a sunken extension of Chile's coastal mountain range, from which it is separated by the Chacao Straits.
		Spanish Isla Grande De Chiloé, largest island of Chiloé provincia in Los Lagos región, southern Chile.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9024094 (787 words)

	American Wigeon - Amerikaanse Smient
		Chiloe Wigeon is (on average) in between the two.
		There is not a trace of any black and white pattern as is common for the breast and upperparts of Chiloe Wigeon.
		Many feed during the night in the lush meadows in our lowland polders, and rest during the day on lakes.
	www.warbler.phytoconsult.nl /am_wigeon.htm (787 words)

	Harteman Wildfowl - Chilo� wigeon
		Chiloe Wigeons are highly recommended for the beginner.
		The Chiloe Wigeon is native to fresh-water lakes, marshes and rivers of Southern South America.
		Wigeons love to graze, so provide plenty of greens.
	www.harteman.nl /omnibus/anseriformes/ducks/chiloe-wigeon.html (787 words)

	Chiloe Technology Solutions
		Chiloe is a fully integrated, single-source digital professional firm offering a best-in-field mix of e-business strategy, technology, and creative design services.
		Chiloe uses proven methodologies to develop client-appropriate marketing tools that have clearly defined end results and mechanisms in place to capture metrics and gauge success.
		Chiloe collaborates with its customers to develop a project methodology, review creative or technical considerations, and discuss themes, goals and priorities.
	www.chiloetechnology.com (241 words)

	Chiloe : Introduction Frommers.com
		Home > Destinations > Central and South America > South America > Chile > Chiloe > Introduction
		The "Grand Island of Chiloé" is a land of myths and magic -- of emerald, rolling hills shrouded in mist, and tiny, picturesque coves that harbor a colorful palette of wooden fishing skiffs.
		Visually appealing as it is, Chiloé is truly defined by its people, the hardy, character-rich Chilotes who can still be seen plowing their fields with oxen or pulling in their catch of the day the same way they have for centuries.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/chiloe/2339010001.html (533 words)

	The Property
		Located at the end of the island, the land is bound on three sides by ocean with a strong potential use as recreational oceanfront homesites for the country’s large middle-class urbanite population, especially in Santiago.
		Chiloé is the largest island of Chiloé provincia in Los Lagos región, southern Chile.
		The nearest of the islands and archipelagoes to its south are the Guaitecas Islands, which lie across the Guafo Gulf.
	www.sugarnet.com /nsbusiness/TheProperty.htm (653 words)

	Chile Islands Tours Main Page
		he islands of the Chiloe archipelago, are home to one of Chile's most traditional subsistence fishing and farming cultures.
		Easter Island is the world's most isolated bit of land, a mound of lava and ash from three submarine volcanoes which the natives call the navel of the earth.
		Chiloé's oldest and largest town, Castro is famous for its colorful palafito houses, built on stilts over the tide, as well as for its excellent seafood and traditional handicrafts.
	www.travelvantage.com /tou_chi_island.html (463 words)

	Chile: Chiloe Island
		Chiloé National Park is one of the major attractions in the area, it is reached via the lakeside villages of Huillinco and Cucao with their picturesque cemeteries.
		Chiloé has developed a strong and independent character and remains a world apart with a thriving cultural life expressing the unity of it's isolated population.
		The province of Chiloé is part of the Region of the Lakes and is located between 41º45' South and 73º15' to 74º30' West.
	www.ladatco.com /CH-Chiloe.htm (1509 words)

	Student focuses interest in biology, ethics on island Darwin visited - December 7, 1998
		It is graced with a climate similar to that of the Pacific Northwest and indeed it was Chiloé's temperate climate, exuberant forests and fisheries that first attracted human inhabitants to the island.
		A coalition of indigenous and non-indigenous residents of the island and ecological groups succeeded in blocking the harvest.
		Chiloé, 30 miles off the coast of Chile, is roughly the size of Puerto Rico.
	www.advance.uconn.edu /1998/981207/12079807.htm (1092 words)

	A Place Apart: Chiloe Island's Unspoiled Heritage - Jeanne Conte
		Chiloé was also the setting, in 1826, for the final battle in South America for independence from Spanish control.
		Chiloé 130,000 human inhabitants go about their lives much as in times past.
		The settlers were able to live in peace with the island's native Chono people.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1998/november/Sa17658.htm (279 words)

	Chiloe Institute/Planeta.com
		In addition, some sectors of the ChiloÈ archipelago are sill inhabited by indigenous people (Huilliches), descendants of the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the region, and keepers of a rich legacy of knowledge of their natural environment.
		The ChiloÈ region was described as nearly pristine in Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle.
		In addition to being the geographical center of the temperate forest region, the ChiloÈ archipelago and its neighboring mainland currently represent a zone of transition between increasingly human-impacted landscapes towards the north, and almost pristine ecosystems towards the south.
	www.planeta.com /planeta/95/1195chiloe.html (1204 words)

	Chiloe Island - Sportstours Chile
		Chiloé is the second largest island in South America - after Tierra del Fuego- measuring 290 miles from north to south.
		In the inner sea, between the island and the continent, there are a number of small islands separated by channels that can be reached by boat or kayak.
		Facing the continent, the island's microclimate allows for human life with all its folklore and varied mythology, its gastronomy - such as the typical curanto- and all necessary agricultural crops.
	www.sportstour.cl /chile/islas_i/cont_chi.html (284 words)

	Andean and Rainforest Expeditions - Peru, Rainforest, Ecotourism, Amazon, Chile, Patagonia
		Chiloé is renowned for its rich folklore, centuries old culture, fantastic wildlife, deep green pastures, misty forests and varied seafood.
		Once on the mystical island of Chiloé, we'll visit the bustling city of Ancud and have a tea and kuchen (a traditional German cake) at a caf overlooking the bay.
		The trip includes an open air ferry across the Chacao Channel to the big island of Chiloé, renowned as a South American version of Ireland with rolling pastures, mythology and marine life woven into its culture.
	www.andeanrain.com /citin-pumalin1.htm (1549 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results
		Chiloe is a perfect place to relax, but if you...
		Chiloe is the largest island (4,700 square miles...
		Chiloe Island, Chile If you are visiting the...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=AO&refid=ency_refd&search_thesaurus=on&refid=ency_refd&q=Chiloe (1549 words)

	LROS Wigeon at Whitwell, Rutland Water
		After Andy Mackay's corres-pondence with Jeff Higgott and Andrew Harrop, it would appear that a small proportion of Eurasian Wigeons can show this head pattern, although the possibility of some American or Chiloe Wigeon influence can't be entirely ruled out.
		On 10th March 2002, Andy Forryan pointed out an odd Eurasian Wigeon amongst a flock feeding at Whitwell, Rutland Water, to Andy Mackay, Carl Baggott, Matthew Berriman and myself.
		The green was visible at most angles and it made the bird easy to pick out.
	www.lros.org.uk /wigeon.htm (1549 words)

	Falkland Islands Philatelic Bureau
		Two of these species, the Flightless Steamer Duck and Patagonian Crested Duck, are predominantly marine species; the Yellow-billed Teal, Brown Pintail and Silver or Versicolor Teal are typically freshwater species, while the Chiloe Wigeon in the Falkland Islands adapts to both marine and freshwater environments.
		This set of six stamps depicts the most commonly observed species of duck in the Falkland Islands.
		A species restricted to the Falkland Islands, although a similar duck, T. pteneres is found on the coasts of Southern Chile, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan and in the Beagle Channel.
	www.falklands.gov.fk /pb/fi/waterfowl.htm (1549 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lafonia
		Wildlife includes Chiloe wigeon, silver teal and yellow-billed pintail.
		Attractions include the Bodie Suspension Bridge, built in 1825 and said to be the southernmost in the world.
		The land is gentle and low-lying but almost uninhabited.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lafonia (1549 words)

	Adventure in Chile
		When the Mapuche (never shy about disputing territorial decisions made by foreigners) drove the mainland Spanish north of the Rio Biobio in 1598, Chiloe's 200 Spaniards were marooned on the very turf they had claimed.
		Although Chile won its independence from Spain in 1817, after a seven-year war, Chiloe refused to surrender to the mainland until 1826.
		Though the islands and some of their animals are named after Fernandez, the most legendary figure associated with them is Alexander Selkirk, the unfortunate and resourceful Scottish castaway who inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
	www.geographia.com /chile/chile02.htm (1546 words)

	Chainlink - Link #7 - Chiloé, Chile
		Chacao to Quellón, Island of Chiloé, CHILE (313 km)
		Paradoxically, February is the island's wettest month (averages 11 inches of precipitation) yet the four days we spent on Chiloé were warm and sunny.
		A half hour ferry from the mainland lands you on northeastern corner of the island of Chiloé.
	users.easystreet.com /~deniston/02-16-00-chiloe.htm (1490 words)

	'Red Tide' advances on Chiloé Island
		Its toxic effects are threatening the main source of income for a large part of the island's population, who earn their living from cultivating and fishing for seafood.
		Puerto Montt, Chile: The 'Red Tide' of algal blooms is reaching further and further north on the Island of Chiloé in Southern Chile.
		Doctor Ramón Andrade of the Environmental Programs Department for Castro [a town of Chiloé island], which is in charge of the Red Tide Laboratory, assured the newspaper that "there are no tools for saving Region 10 from the Red Tide, because it's a natural phenomenon.
	www.whoi.edu /science/B/redtide/notedevents/foreign/Chile/Chile_3-12-02.html (730 words)

	Island hopping on the Capricornio
		The Chiloe archipelago is by far the place in Chile that has most stories of strange encounters, the biggest family of mythological beings, and the most folkloric tales.
		This trip started from the Quinched Marina on the main Chiloé Island, where the Capricornio was moored after a trip the Capt'n did with his father, former Capt'n and builder of the Capricornio.
		The island has roughly the shape of a horseshoe, only that the entrance is much narrower, maybe 100 meters wide and a few hundred meters long.
	ludens.cl /Nauticus/capri/capri2.html (4789 words)

	DARWIN'S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD
		In November, the ship returned south, and spent the next three months charting the coast of Chiloe Island and the many islands of the Chonos Archipelago.
		Chiloe Coast and Archipelago - Looking at a glacier
		Stopping at the Cape Verde Islands, on January 16, 1832, Darwin saw the town and, during the short time while the ship loaded supplies, quickly tramped around through some nearby hills.
	www.pathlights.com /ce_encyclopedia/20hist05.htm (2145 words)

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