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'''Baker Channel''', also known as '''Calen Inlet''',<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Chile |volume=6 |page=143 |first=Andrew Jackson |last=Lamoureux}}</ref> is a [[channel (geography)|channel]] of [[Chile]] located in the [[Tortel]], [[Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region]]. The [[Baker River (Chile)|Baker River]] discharges into Martinez Inlet, the northern part of this large estuary.<ref name=EB1911/> It penetrates the mainland about {{convert|75|mi|km|0}} and opens into Tarn Bay at the south-east corner of the [[Gulf of Penas]].<ref name=EB1911/> [[Merino Jarpa Island]] lies wholly within this great estuary, while at its mouth lies a group of smaller islands, called [[Baker Islands]], which separate it from [[Messier Channel]].<ref name=EB1911/> Baker Channel also receives the waters of the [[O'Higgins/San Martín Lake]] through the [[Pascua River]]. The lake's far-reaching fjord-like arms extend approximately from lat. 49° 11' to 48° 22' S. Its north-west arm is that which drains into the mentioned river.

The calving front of [[Jorge Montt Glacier]], which is the northern glacier of the [[Southern Patagonian Ice Field]], reaches the Baker Channel. A number of icebergs can be seen in this area.

The channel marks the northern border of the [[Bernardo O'Higgins National Park]], and is home to the [[Katalalixar National Reserve]] on Merino Jarpa Island.

The shores of the channel contain forests of ''[[Nothofagus nitida]]'' and ''[[Pilgerodendron|Pilgerodendron uviferum]]''.<ref name=liq2020>{{Cite journal |title=Contribución al conocimiento de la biota liquénica de la Reserva Nacional Katalalixar, Patagonia, Chile |journal=[[Gayana. Botánica]] |url=https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-66432020000100038&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en |last=Villagra |first=Johana |issue=1 |volume=77 |last2=Alors |first2=David |doi=10.4067/S0717-66432020000100038 |year=2020 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Contribution to the knowledge of the lichen biota of Katalalixar National Reserve, Patagonia, Chile |last3=Casanova-Katny |first3=Angélica|doi-access=free }}</ref> These forests are rich in lichens [[endemic]] to Chile and nearby areas of Argentina.<ref name=liq2020/>

==See also==
*[[Caleta Tortel, Chile|Caleta Tortel]]
*[[Tortel Fjord]]
*[[Guayaneco Archipelago]]
*[[Northern Patagonian Ice Field]]

==References==
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[[Category:Straits of Chile]]
[[Category:Bodies of water of Aysén Region]]


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