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Until 1960, most oil extracted in Chile came from Tierra del Fuego. [11] During the 1940s Chile and Argentina lodged their Antarctic claims. In the 1950s, the Chilean military founded Puerto Williams. In the 1960s and 1970s, sovereignty claims by Argentina over Picton, Lennox, and Nueva Islands in Tierra del Fuego led the two countries to the ...
Tierra del Fuego Province (Spanish: Provincia de Tierra del Fuego) is one of four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena (XII). It includes the Chilean or western part of the main island of Tierra del Fuego, except for the part south of the Cordillera Darwin, which is in Antártica Chilena Province.
Tierra del Fuego is bounded on the east by the South Atlantic, on the north by the Magellan Straits and on the south and west by a series of fjords and channels linked to the Pacific Ocean. One of the few prominent features of the northeast shore is San Sebastián Bay .
Cabo de Hornos National Park is a protected area in southern Chile that was designated a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005, [4] along with Alberto de Agostini National Park. The world's southernmost national park, [ 5 ] it is located 12 hours by boat from Puerto Williams in the Cape Horn Archipelago, which belongs to the Commune of Cabo de ...
Map of the Dispute of Eastern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan between Argentina and Chile (1842–1881). The East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute [1] or the Patagonia Question was the boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile [2] during the 19th century [3] [4] for the possession of the southernmost territories of South America [5] on the ...
Hornos Island (Spanish: Isla Hornos) is a Chilean island at the southern tip of South America.The island is mostly known for being the location of Cape Horn.It is generally considered South America's southernmost island, but the Diego Ramírez Islands are farther south.
Karukinka Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Natural Karukinka) is a private natural park located in the Chilean portion of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The lands for the park were donated to the Wildlife Conservation Society by Goldman Sachs.
The Sea of the Southern Zone (Spanish: Mar de la Zona Austral) [4] or Southern Zone Sea is the name given by Argentina and Chile to the maritime area whose boundaries were undefined, located south of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.