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| Keywords: Arbitration1898-1902.jpg This partially reproduced map correspond to the called 'Preliminary Map of the Southern Region of the Argentine Republic'which was included as No XIV in the Argentine Evidence submitted by the Argentine Government to British Arbitration in 1898-1902 It is the first official map of Argentina showing in the area of the Beagle Channel a different frontier from the one established in the Boundary Treaty with Chile of 1881 As may be seen from the map the boundary line deviates from the Beagle Channel towards Picton and Richmond Passages to end up between Lennox and Nueva Islands In that way Picton and Nueva Islands appear as Argentine and lennox Island as Chilean The islands and islets extending southward as far as Cape Horn continue to be shown as under Chilean sovereignty It should be recalled that there was no question concerning the territories to the south of the Magellan Strait in the British Arbitration of 1898-1902 Thus neither Chile nor Argentina made any specific reference to the boundary shown on the Argentine map reproduced here El Conflicto del Beagle edited by the chilean Foreign Affairs Office 1978 Switzerland 2007-08-19 F P Moreno PD-old Old maps of Chile Old maps of Patagonia Maps related to the Beagle conflict | ||||
