Juan FernándezIslands

Juan Fer·nán·dez Islands (fər-nănʹdəs, fĕr-nänʹdĕs)

An island group belonging to Chile, in the southeast Pacific Ocean west of Valparaíso, Chile. Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor and the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, lived on one of the islands from 1704 to 1709.

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