Magellan

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 29

(Strait of,) a great channel-difficult of navigation - which separates the mainland of South America from the insular group of Tierra del Fuego, bet. S. Lat. 52° 10′-55°, and W. Lon. 75° and 80° 20′. It is 300 m. long, and subject to a tidal rise of 50 ft. [s. 567]