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• n  the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built

• Strait of Magellan

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• Hunt Middle School students learn geography on oversize map
  Sixth-graders on the Odyssey Team at Hunt Middle School study the Strait of Magellan, the Andes mountains and the coast of Venezuela. / Courtesy photo
  Dec. 8, 2013 - The Burlington Free Press