Guarello Island (Spanish: Isla Guarello) is an island in Madre de Dios Archipelago in Magallanes Region. Guarello Island is in a limestone area that also includes Madre de Dios Island. The island has the world's southernmost limestone mine and it has reserves for 100 years, and 600,000 tons of limestone with a millesimal fineness of 96% of Calcium carbonate are extracted each year. Half of the production is used in the steel mills of Huachipato which also owns the mines.

Guarello Island

Native name: Isla Guarello
Guerello Island seen from Contreras Sound
Guarello Island
Geography
Coordinates	50°23′S 75°20′W
Adjacent bodies of water	Pacific Ocean
Administration
Chile
Region	Magallanes
Additional information
NGA UFI=-883834

See also

• List of islands of Chile

External links

• Islands of Chile @ United Nations Environment Programme
• World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com
• South America Island High Points above 1000 meters
• United States Hydrographic Office, South America Pilot (1916)

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[fr] Île Guarello