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The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, with an area of 48,100 km 2 (18,572 sq mi), and a group of many islands, including Cape Horn and Diego Ramírez Islands. Tierra del Fuego is divided between Argentina , which controls the eastern part of the main island and a few small islands in the Beagle Channel ...
The 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquake took place on 17 December 1949, at 06:53:30. It recorded magnitude 7.8 in the Richter scale. Its epicenter was located in the east of the Chilean Tierra del Fuego Province, close to the Argentine border, at a depth of 30 km (19 mi). [3] This was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the south of ...
Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire"; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands (Spanish: Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur), is the southernmost, smallest (without disputed territories), and least populous Argentine province.
The channel separates islands of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, in extreme southern South America. It separates Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from the islands of Nueva, Picton, Navarino, Hoste, Londonderry, Stewart, and other smaller islands to the south. It is oriented in an east-west direction, and runs for a length of 150 mi (240 km).
Lighthouse San Juan del Salvamento in the east (1898) Isla de los Estados is an Argentine island that lies 29 kilometres (18 mi) off the eastern extremity of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by the Le Maire Strait. The island is part of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, and of the department and city of Ushuaia.
Ushuaia (/ uː ˈ s w aɪ. ə / oo-SWY-ə, Spanish:) is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina.With a population of 82,615 and a location below the 54th parallel south latitude, Ushuaia claims the title of world's southernmost city.
Located in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, they lie east of Navarino Island and are separated from the Argentine part of Isla Grande in the north by the Beagle Channel. They have an area of 170.4 km 2 (Lennox), 105.4 km 2 (Picton), 120.0 km 2 (Nueva). [1]
This category is for islands in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. All these islands are in Chile, except for the eastern part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, and some small offshore islands in the Beagle Channel, which are in Argentina.
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