page_title: Messier Channel
hierarchical_section_title: Messier Channel
caption_attribution_description: English: Wreck of a former cargo ship carrying bagged sugar from Santos, Brazil, the CAPITÁIN LEONIDAS - IMO 5542705, ran aground on April 7, 1968 in the fjords of Canal Messier (Messier Channel), north of Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows) and the town of Puerto Eden.Ship is shown on March 14th, 2019, sitting firmly on the flattened top of a submerged mountain called Bajo Cotopaxi (Cotopaxi Bank). The water is 200 meters deep just 100 meters from this wreck positioned at 48°46'19.826" S 74°27'9.606" W.
context_page_description: Messier Channel is a channel located in Patagonia, Chile. It trends north-south between Wellington Island and other Pacific islands and the continent, and is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Penas. Southward the name of this inside passage changes first to Angostura Inglesa and then to Paso del Indio.
  The channel is named after Charles Messier, who was a French astronomer. It is a fjord in the Scandinavian sense of the word. A depth of 1,358 m has been measured in the north part of this channel, making it one of the deepest fjords in the world. Messier Channel is surrounded by the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and the Katalalixar National Reserve.
  The Fallos-Ladrillero-Picton Channel combination is an optional route to the Messier-Grappler-Wide Channels route between the Golfo de Penas and the Trinidad Channel.
  Just north of Angostura Inglesa, is the wreck of MV Capitán Leonidas, a small freighter that ran aground on the Bajo Cotopaxi in 1968. The hulk provides warning as both a shipwreck and lighthouse.
context_section_description: Messier Channel is a channel located in Patagonia, Chile. It trends north-south between Wellington Island and other Pacific islands and the continent, and is bounded on the north by the Gulf of Penas. Southward the name of this inside passage changes first to Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows) and then to Paso del Indio.
  The channel is named after Charles Messier, who was a French astronomer. It is a fjord in the Scandinavian sense of the word. A depth of 1,358 m has been measured in the north part of this channel, making it one of the deepest fjords in the world. Messier Channel is surrounded by the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and the Katalalixar National Reserve.
  The Fallos-Ladrillero-Picton Channel combination is an optional route to the Messier-Grappler-Wide Channels route between the Golfo de Penas and the Trinidad Channel.
  Just north of Angostura Inglesa (English Narrows), is the wreck of MV Capitán Leonidas, a small freighter that ran aground on the Bajo Cotopaxi (Cotopaxi Bank) in 1968. The hulk provides warning as both a shipwreck and lighthouse (NGA-nr: 2068, Adm.: G 1552).
caption: Wreck of the Capitán Leonidas in the Messier Channel
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