Quiriquina Island
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Quiriquina Island
Quiriquina Island, Chile is located at the entrance to the Bay of Concepción, 11 km north of Talcahuano.
In April, 1557, Don Garcia de Mendoza, Spanish viceroy of the Kingdom of Chile, arrived at the harbor of Concepción, with a large force of infantry and established himself upon the island of Quiriquina. He used it as a base for his campaign against the Mapuche, in the continuing Arauco War.
During the First World War Quiriquina was used as Internment camp of the German SMS Dresden crew, among others Wilhelm Canaris, who escaped with other two mates.
After the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat was used as a concentration camp for political prisoners for Concepción and the Biobío Region. This camp was active from September 11, 1973 to April 1975.
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