But his relationship with "the continent," as people here call the Chilean mainland, is complicated.

They have also been found to cross saltwater to islands northward; and reached the Chilean mainland in the 1990s.

However, due to high winds, there were not expected to leave the Chilean mainland until midday local time Saturday (1500 GMT).

She also confirmed 78 people had been killed on the Chilean mainland.

On the Chilean mainland the company operated a number of flour mills, and was involved in the import of machinery and other activities.

But most of the profits from those flights go to the Chilean mainland, residents say, as do revenues from many hotels.

Chiloé Island is separated from the Chilean mainland by the 2 km narrow Chacao Channel in the north.

In December 1817 the island became the last stronghold of Spanish royalists (together with Valdivia) fleeing from the Chilean mainland.

According to census data, there are about 3700 people on the island and on the Chilean mainland who identify as ethnically Rapa Nui.

She was sick as a child and was raised in Punta Arenas, on the Chilean mainland.