Wager Island (Spanish: Isla Wager) is an uninhabited island in Guayaneco Archipelago, a remote part of western Patagonia. Located 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) south of Santiago, the island is part of Capitán Prat Province of the Aysén Region, Chile.

2023年4月16日 · So Grann flew to Chile, chartered a 52-foot vessel, and ventured to what is now known as Wager Island himself. Grann and his crew endured the moody waters over a ten-day journey. He hunkered...

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. Wager was part of a naval squadron bound to attack Spanish interests in the Pacific.

2024年3月9日 · In 1741, the British warship HMS Wager wrecked upon an island off the coast of Chile, leading the crew to descend into mutiny, murder, and even cannibalism. What began as a difficult voyage soon became a hellish one.

2006年3月3日 · In May 1741, the 28-gun HMS Wager struck rocks not far from a remote island in Chilean Patagonia, now named Isla Wager. The Scientific Exploration Society is currently organising a programme of investigation of the wreck site and its environs; details to follow.

2024年11月3日 · Wager Island (Spanish: Isla Wager) is an uninhabited island in Guayaneco Archipelago, a remote part of western Patagonia. Located 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) south of Santiago, the island is part of Capitán Prat Province of the Aysén Region, Chile.

It formed part of a squadron under Commodore George Anson and was wrecked on the south coast of Chile on 14 May 1741. The wreck of Wager became famous for the subsequent adventures of the survivors who found themselves marooned on the desolate Wager Island in the middle of a Patagonian winter, and in particular because of the Wager Mutiny that ...