tierra del fuego

     

Tierra el Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire", in English pronounced /tiˈɛərə dɛl ˈfweɪgoʊ]/; Spanish IPA: [ˈtjerað̞elˈfweɰo]) is an archipelago 73,753 km² (28,476 sq mi) separated from the southernmost tip of the South American mainland by the Strait of Magellan. The southern point of the archipelago forms Cape Horn.

Trivia about tierra del fuego

  • Darwin & the Beagle stopped by this island named by Magellan off the tip of South America
  • Islanders who live in this group are called Fuegians
  • Magellan visited this archipelago in 1520 & gave it a Spanish name meaning "Land of Fire"
  • Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, lies on this island territory of Argentina
  • Horn Island, where Cape Horn is located, is part of this archipelago
  • Seeing residents huddled around campfires on the shore, Magellan named the region this, meaning "Land of fire"
  • Named by Magellan for fires blazing on shore, it's South America's stormy southern tip
  • Cape Horn is the southern extremity of this fiery archipelago
  • Discovered in 1520, this large island Argentina shares with Chile has a name that means "land of fire"
  • Hoste is an island in this fiery-sounding archipelago off Chile

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