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Wildfires in Magellan and the Chilean Antarctic
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 10:27 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 258 km² of Magellan and the Chilean Antarctic at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 27 km², ranking 16th of 16 regions of Chile.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2023, with 52 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 11 km². The 2021–2025 average is 20% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
January, February and March together hold 32% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 28 February 2023, with detections in 41 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 258 km² with at least one detection, 7.6% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 208 | 80% |
| 2 years | 31 | 12% |
| 3 to 5 years | 13 | 5.0% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.1 | 1.2% |
| 11 years or more | 3.7 | 1.4% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -52.75, -69.75 and holds 29% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29 | 54 |
| 2013 | 31 | 70 |
| 2014 | 29 | 120 |
| 2015 | 34 | 140 |
| 2016 | 36 | 208 |
| 2017 | 31 | 124 |
| 2018 | 34 | 104 |
| 2019 | 20 | 56 |
| 2020 | 11 | 32 |
| 2021 | 18 | 49 |
| 2022 | 35 | 108 |
| 2023 | 52 | 80 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 |
| 2025 | 11 | 31 |
Other regions of Chile
- La Araucanía2,380 km² in an average year
- Biobío1,440 km² in an average year
- Maule1,420 km² in an average year
- Ñuble1,260 km² in an average year
- Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins690 km² in an average year
- Región Metropolitana de Santiago445 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Tierra del Fuego, Argentina67 km
- Aysén647 km
- Santa Cruz, Argentina682 km
- Los Lagos1,134 km
- Chubut, Argentina1,177 km
- Los Ríos1,408 km