Off the west coast of Chile, the continental shelf drops steeply into the Pacific Ocean and runs the entire length of South ...

An curved arrow pointing right. El Niño waves are pummeling coastal cities in Chile, leading officials to close off parts of the coast in Valparaiso. The waves have gotten as a high as 16 feet.

Juan Fernández Multiple Uses Marine Protected Area off the coast of central Chile. A research expedition exploring seamounts near Valparaíso, Chile may have found over 100 new species thriving a ...

This is closely linked to Chile's role in scientific research and ... and subsoil up to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the coast, regardless of the geomorphology of the seabed.