Battle of Angamos

When

8 Oct 1879

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

23.00° S, 71.00° W

Description

1879 naval encounter of the War of the Pacific

Naval

yes

1879 naval battle during the War of the Pacific

The Battle of Angamos was a naval encounter of the War of the Pacific fought between the navies of Chile and Perú at Punta Angamos, on 8 October 1879. The battle was the culminating point of a naval campaign that lasted about five months in which the Chilean Navy had the sole mission of eliminating its Peruvian counterpart.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “War of the Pacific: Battle of Angamos – The Chilean Navy defeats Peruvian naval forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Seegefecht von Angamos gelingt es der chilenischen Marine, das peruanische Panzerschiff Huáscar zu entern und damit die Seeherrschaft vor der Pazifikküste…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Combate Naval de Angamos que enfrentó a la Marina de Guerra del Perú y a la Armada de Chile, en el Pacífico Sur frente a Punta Angamos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “太平洋戦争：アンガモスの海戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• War of the Pacific14 Feb 1879 · Interstate war · Deaths 13,868