Wager Island is an uninhabited island in Guayaneco Archipelago, a remote part of western Patagonia. Located 1,600 kilometres south of Santiago, the island is part of Capitán Prat Province of the Aysén Region, Chile. The island was the location of the Wager Mutiny, which took place in October 1741 after the wreck of the British warship HMS Wager.
The Wreck of the Wager, the frontispiece from John Byron's account
Detail of the "Centennial Atlas", published by the Land Survey Office of the Government of Chile in 1910
Image: Territorio de Magallanes 1895 1
Image: Península Larenas
The Wager Mutiny took place in 1741, after the British warship HMS Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the south coast of present-day Chile.
The Wreck of the Wager, the frontispiece from John Byron's account
North coast of Staten Island (Isla de los Estados)
Cape Horn
Satellite image of the Strait of Magellan