San Gregorio, Chile
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San Gregorio | |
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 Estancia San Gregorio | |
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 Location of the San Gregorio commune in Magallanes Region   San Gregorio Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 52°18′56″S 69°41′17″W / 52.31556°S 69.68806°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region |  Magallanes y Antártica Chilena |
| Province | Magallanes |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Edgar Cárcamo Alderete (Ind) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,883.7 km2 (2,657.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 384 |
| • Density | 0.0558/km2 (0.144/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0 |
| • Rural | 1,158 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 886 |
| • Women | 272 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
| Area code | 56 + 61 |
| Website | www |
San Gregorio is a commune in the far south of Chile. It is part of Magallanes Region and Province, and is administered by the municipality of the same name located in Punta Delgada, the principal town in the commune (the coordinates are those of Punta Delgada).
The comuna is on the north shore of the Strait of Magellan; between the Strait, to the south, and the border with Argentina, to the north. At the Primera Angostura, south of the town of Punta Delgada, there is a ferry crossing to Primavera commune on Tierra del Fuego Island. The good wind resource attracted a wind power project, scheduled for 2025.[6]
In the settlement of Estancia San Gregorio (52°34′01″S 70°04′12″W / 52.566944°S 70.07°W), some 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Punta Delgada, there is an estancia, and several imposing buildings dating from 1882.
Nearby are wrecks of two 19th-century cargo ships.[7] Ambassador was a sailing tea clipper, built in London in 1869 and beached at San Gregorio in 1896.[8] Amadeo was a steamship, built in Liverpool in 1884 and beached at San Gregorio in 1932.[9]
