The earth and its inhabitants .. . -J^amf--:^:?.??- :,>^B. { ;1 - ./- .ii ;o -ftv TiJ,. uesL ot 7Jso- 12 Miles. Peninsula projecting from the mainland farther south, they form a vast penin-sular region broken into fragments and separated from the Patagonian seaboardby the Moraleda Channel. Viewed from north to south it presents the aspect ofa ruined embankment about 220 miles long and some 60 miles broad at its the isthmus connecting Taytao with the mainland consists of two narrowalluvial strips enclosing the circular lacustrine depression of Lake San culmi
The earth and its inhabitants .. . -J^amf--:^:?.??- :,>^B. { ;1 - ./- .ii ;o -ftv TiJ,. uesL ot 7Jso- 12 Miles. Peninsula projecting from the mainland farther south, they form a vast penin-sular region broken into fragments and separated from the Patagonian seaboardby the Moraleda Channel. Viewed from north to south it presents the aspect ofa ruined embankment about 220 miles long and some 60 miles broad at its the isthmus connecting Taytao with the mainland consists of two narrowalluvial strips enclosing the circular lacustrine depression of Lake San culminates in the Cerro Encinas, 4,000 feet high. Lake San Rafael presents one of the most remarkable spectacles on the Chilian 424 SOUTH AMERICA—THE ANDES REGIONS. seaboard. A glacier descending from the spurs of the neighbouring Mount SanValentin penetrates far into the interior of the lacustrine basin, its sparklingsurface ottering a striking contrast to the dark cliffs of the rocky gorge throughwhich it falls a height of over 300 feet down to the lake. Here it glides alongthe bottom a
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