COOL THINGS IN JAPAN YOU MUST SEE
The Strait of Magellan is also called the Straits of Magellan as well as the Magellan Strait. The starting point for those wanting to experience a Strait of Magellan cruise is the town of Punta Arenas.
Punta Arenas, in southern Chile, is an unlikely mixture of faded European gilded-age splendor, wild-western U.S. frontier town, immigrant melting pot, and modern-day adventure expedition kick-off point.
The town was once a mandatory stop-off point for ships traveling to and from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Ships docked to load and unload cargo and passengers, and the town prospered.
The local cemetery is an especially interesting repository of Punta Arena history. It has been ranked as one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world, certainly among the most dramatic cemeteries in Latin America.
In 2012 this delicately landscaped necropolis was designated a National Monument of Chile.
The official name of the local cemetery is the Cementerio Municipal de Punta Arenas Sara Braun. Sara Braun, who donated the land for the cemetery, was a Latvian immigrant who traveled to Punta Arenas in the early 1900s.