Hanover Island is an island in the Magallanes Region. It is separated from the Chatham Island by the Esteban Channel, Guías Narrows and Inocentes Channel. In popular fiction, a fictionalized version of the island is featured in Jules Verne's book Two Years' Vacation. The book tells the story of 15 boys from Auckland, New Zealand, who spent two years o…Hanover Island is an island in the Magallanes Region. It is separated from the Chatham Island by the Esteban Channel, Guías Narrows and Inocentes Channel. In popular fiction, a fictionalized version of the island is featured in Jules Verne's book Two Years' Vacation. The book tells the story of 15 boys from Auckland, New Zealand, who spent two years on this remote island as a result of a storm, which cast their schooner upon the island's shore. There it is called "Chairman Island" after the name of the boys' boarding school.