Key facts

Date	7 February 1866	Wikidata
Year	1866	Wikidata P585 (point in time)
Era	19th century (1800–1913)	derived from year
Location	Chile	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	South America	Natural Earth
War / conflict	Chincha Islands War	Wikidata P361
Coordinates	-41.7954, -73.2987	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Abtao was a naval action fought on February 7, 1866, during the Chincha Islands War, between a Spanish squadron and a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao in the Gulf of Ancud near Chiloé Archipelago in south-central Chile. It was limited to a long-range exchange of fire between the two squadrons, as the allied ships, anchored behind the island, were protected by shallow waters inaccessible to the Spanish ships, whose gunnery, nevertheless, proved more accurate and inflicted damage to the Chilean and Peruvian ships.

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