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{{Short description|Bay in Chile}}
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[[File:Hosteisland.svg|thumb|300px|Cook Bay]]
'''Bahía Cook''', also known in English as '''Cook Bay''', is an irregular [[bay]] located between [[Londonderry Island]], [[Hoste Island]], ''Olga Island'' and [[Gordon Island]] southwest of [[Tierra del Fuego]] in [[Chile]].
The bay forms an entrance to the [[Beagle Channel]], the [[Ballenero Channel]] and Pomar Channel from the Pacific Ocean, but shipping traffic was unable to use the bay until 2011.  The Chilean Navy then installed a [[lighthouse]] on the [[Sandwich Islets]], south of Londonderry Island, in order to shorten the voyage from [[Punta Arenas]] to [[Antarctica]] by {{convert|100|km|mi}}.<ref>{{cite news|publisher= El Mostrador|url=http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2011/07/16/armada-instala-faro-en-bahia-cook-y-acorta-viaje-a-la-antartica-chilena/ |title=Armada instala faro en Bahía Cook y acorta viaje a la Antártica Chilena|date=2011-07-06}}</ref>
== History ==
The entrance of the bay was visited by [[Captain James Cook]] in December 1774, during his [[Second voyage of James Cook|second voyage]].  It was later named after him.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Robson|title=Captain Cook's World|year=2000|page=141|isbn=1 74051 413 0}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Beagle Channel]]
==References==
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[[Category:Bodies of water of Magallanes Region]]
[[Category:Bays of Chile|Cook]]
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