Urban center sits at the seashore of Magellan Strait, in Brunswick peninsula, 53° 08' degrees south and 70° 55' degrees west. Punta Arenas, city capital of Magallanes Region and Chilean Patagonia, was named after the translation of the English term "Sandy Point", given to this place by John Byron, who explored the area on 17th century. Punta Arenas, founded in 1848, was to become the urban center from which would come the commercial, cultural and social development that would spread all over the Magellan territory.

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From Punta Arenas it is possible to do excursions to the main tourist attractions of the Region. Resources are mostly natural beauties that may be visited by land, sea and air. The tourist has an extensive range of possibilities, with tours scheduled by local travel agencies, but he also has the opportunity to organize himself travels according to his interest. For that purpose Magallanes has indescribable beauties, including the appeal of visiting the southern city in the world down to the Chilean Antarctic territory.

From Punta Arenas it is possible to travel around Seno Otway (km. 70 north), a place with tourist and scientific appeal where is located the Penguin Colony, with about 6,000 specimens of Magellan species, such as Aptenodytes Forsteri, Spheniscus Magellanicus, Pygoscelis Adeliae, Aptenodytes Patagonicus.

The road to Rio Verde and Seno Skyring is also attractive for sport fishers and, in general, as a ramble that allows watching a varied fauna, outstanding rheas, condors, swans and flamingoes. This country area of beautiful landscapes has an assorted offer of rural tourism.

South of Punta Arenas it is possible to follow the central coast of Brunswick peninsula the historic rout par excellence. Once discoverers and conquerors, natives, colonists and pioneers went past it. That road leads to Fuerte Bulnes and Puerto del Hambre (Port Famine), full of legendary reminiscences.