Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands (Sp. Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is a province entirely separated by the Strait of Magellan from mainland Argentina on the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego, which it shares with Chile to the west. Besides the Argentine part of Tierra del Fuego, the province encompasses Argentine claims to Antarctica, and to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom. In practice, the province is usually just called "Tierra del Fuego." Rawson is a city in Argentina and has been the capital of Chubut Province since the foundation of the province in 1957. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x1004, 13 KB) Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, Argentina A map highlighting Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands, Argentina. ... Motto: Desire the right Official language English Capital Port Stanley Governor Howard Pearce Chief Executive Chris Simpkins Area  - Total  - % water not ranked 12,173 km² - Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density not ranked 2,967 0. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... This article is about political regions. ... The Strait of Magellan, near Punta Arenas The Strait of Magellan is a navigable route immediately south of mainland South America. ... Tierra del Fuego (Spanish: land of Fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. ... Orthographic projection centred on the South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego province (because of that, some of the islands also have Spanish names). ...

History

The youngest of the Argentine provinces was first inhabited around 12,000 years ago. When the first Europeans arrived, they found about 10,000 indigenous people living there from four different tribes: Yamana, Alakaluf, Selk’nam and Manek’enk. Within fifty years after discovery, only about 350 natives were left after diseases and exploitation ravaged the tribes. The provincial capital city is Ushuaia, from a native word meaning “bay towards the end.” Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... The Yaghan or Yamana were an indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego. ... Isis in Egypt Early Isis Isis (Greek corruption; the Egyptian is Aset) was originally a goddess from Nubia, and was adopted into Egyptian belief very early on. ... The city of Ushuaia in early spring. ...

The territory was discovered in 1520 by the expedition of Ferdinan Magellan, who named the place first Land of Smokes and the Land of Fire, as he saw what was probably fires produced by the local aborigines used to warm up.

Juan de Alderete in 1555 and later Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa intended to install settlements in the are, but the inclemency of the weather and the constant attacks of British pirates, who took Gamboa prisoner, impeded such goal. A pirate digging for treasure. ...

Spanish, Dutch, British and French explored the Tierra del Fuego island and the nearby seas. Gabriel de Castilla passed there before discovering the Antarctica, while Fitz Roy, and Charles Darwin explored this land and other parts of the Patagonia. Tierra del Fuego (Spanish: land of Fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. ... Cerro Chaltén, also known as Cerro Fitz Roy, is a mountain located in the Los Glaciares National Park of Patagonia. ... Charles Darwin in 1854, five years prior to the publication of The Origin of Species Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809–19 April 1882) was a British naturalist who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection. ... // For the town, see Patagonia, Arizona. ...

In 1820 Argentina builded a settlement an a penal colony at Puerto Soledad on the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, but the British 1833 invasion of the Falkland Islands forced governor Luis Vernet and the inhabitants of Puerto Soledad out of the island. Motto: Desire the right Official language English Capital Port Stanley Governor Howard Pearce Chief Executive Chris Simpkins Area  - Total  - % water not ranked 12,173 km² - Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density not ranked 2,967 0. ... The United Kingdom mounted an invasion of the Falkland Islands on April 2, 1833, after the destruction of the Argentine Puerto Soledad settlement by the American corvette Lexington (December 28, 1831). ...

Luis Piedrabuena installed a base in San Juan de Salvamento on the Isla de los Estados island. Not before having to accept the Argentine sovereignty, both British Thomas Bridges founded an Anglican mission in Ushuaia in 1870, and short after Salesians missioners founded Río Grande. Categories: Stub ... The city of Ushuaia in early spring. ... The Salesians of Don Bosco (or the Salesian Society, originally known as the Society of St. ... The Rio Grande flowing past Albuquerque Rio Grande by Big Bend National Park,Texas Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo (or, more formally, the Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico, the river rises in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado...

In 1884 the Government of Tierra del Fuego was created, which already included a section of the Antarctica, and the Islands of the Southern Atlantic. During this time, the meridian 68 36'38 is defined as limit between the Chilean and the Argentine sides of the island. antartctic portion between meridians 25º West and 74º West Argentinian Antarctica (in Spanish, Antártida Argentina) is a sector of Antarctica which Argentina considers part of its National Territory. ...

The southern part of the Beagle Channel was an issue of conflict between both states, specially regarding three small islands: Picton, Lennox and Nueva, which were given to Chile by decision of the mediating British Crown and revised by Pope John Paul II. Sea lions on La Isla de Los Lobos in the Beagle Channel Glacier on the north shore of the Beagle Channel Beagle Channel is a strait separating islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, in extreme southern South America. ... The British monarch or Sovereign is the monarch and head of state of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and is the source of all executive, judicial and (as the Queen_in_Parliament) legislative power. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death, making his the third-longest reign in the history of the Papacy according to the...

The gold fiver started in Tierra del Fuego around 1883. Croatians from the dalmatian cost arrived to this lands in the search of gold. The rush for gold brought some progress such as the telegraph, and a number of immigrants. By 1910, with the extinction of the sources, the golden fiver died, but most of the pioneers stayed.

In 1943, and with the creation of the Gobernación Marítima de Tierra del Fuego, began the construction of navy bases in Usuahia and Río Grande, as well as an airport and other infrastructure. This brought an important number of immigrants from Argentina and other countries.

It was not before 1990 that the Territorio Nacional de la Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur was declared a province, and receiving its first governor 2 years later.

Geography and climate

We can geographically divide the province in 3 different areas: the Tierra del Fuego island, the Argentine Antarctica, and the Islands of the South Atlantic. Tierra del Fuego (Spanish: land of Fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. ... antartctic portion between meridians 25º West and 74º West Argentinian Antarctica (in Spanish, Antártida Argentina) is a sector of Antarctica which Argentina considers part of its National Territory. ...

Tierra del Fuego Island

See also Tierra del Fuego

There are low mountains and sandy beaches at the north of the island, ascending to the South. The north is somewhat similar to the steppe of the Santa Cruz Province. In the middle of the island, the end of the Andes system runs horizontally, and whose highest peak, the Mount Cornú, has only 1490 meters. There is a number of short rivers (Grande, Moneta, Ona, Lasifashaj, etc.), and due to the low temperature, there are many small glaciers that descend towards the sea. The annual average temperature of the island is 5.3şC, with precipitations of 300 mm in the north and 550 mm in the south. Tierra del Fuego (Spanish: land of Fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Argentine Antarctica

See also Argentine Antarctica

The part of the Antarctica claimed by Argentina is formed by a long peninsula, and a gulf of which half reminds frozen all year round. The highest peak of this section of the continent is the Monte Chiriguano, with 3360 meters of height. The weather is cold and windy. antartctic portion between meridians 25º West and 74º West Argentinian Antarctica (in Spanish, Antártida Argentina) is a sector of Antarctica which Argentina considers part of its National Territory. ...

Islands of the South Atlantic

See also Falkland/Malvinas Islands

Most of the island of the Southern Atlantic present a more humid weather , except for the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. For instance, the Año Nuevo and Isla de los Estados islands have a dense vegetation of low forests of lenga and ñiré. The arid steppe covers the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, which receive less precipitations than other islands closer to the continent, and is constantly swept by strong winds. Motto: Desire the right Official language English Capital Port Stanley Governor Howard Pearce Chief Executive Chris Simpkins Area  - Total  - % water not ranked 12,173 km² - Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density not ranked 2,967 0. ... Motto: Desire the right Official language English Capital Port Stanley Governor Howard Pearce Chief Executive Chris Simpkins Area  - Total  - % water not ranked 12,173 km² - Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density not ranked 2,967 0. ... Categories: Stub ... Binomial name Nothofagus lenga (Forster) Oersted The Lenga Beech or Lenga (Nothofagus pumilio) is a deciduous tree or shrub native to the centre area of the Andes range, in the temperate forests of Chile and Argentina down to Tierra del Fuego. ... A steppe in Western Kazakhstan in early spring In physical geography, a steppe (from Russian step) is a plain without trees (apart from those near rivers and lakes); it is similar to a prairie, although a prairie is generally reckoned as being dominated by tall grasses, while short grasses are...

Economy

The province is one of the territories in Argentina with certain tax benefits to support the industry and immigration to less populated areas.

Sheeps are still the main industry for wool, meat and leather all over the province except for the Argentine Antarctica, where there are no commercial enterprises. Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ...

A number of factories has been opened in the Tierra del Fuego Island since the tax benefits set in 1972, mainly of home appliances and electronics.

Hydrocarbons are extracted in the Tierra del Fuego Island, and some companies have been searching extraction point not only in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands but also at the sea between the islands and the American continent. In chemistry, a hydrocarbon is a cleaning solution consisting only of carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). ... Motto: Desire the right Official language English Capital Port Stanley Governor Howard Pearce Chief Executive Chris Simpkins Area  - Total  - % water not ranked 12,173 km² - Population  - Total (2003 E)  - Density not ranked 2,967 0. ...

Tourism is gaining importance in the Tierra del Fuego island, and it offers mountains, glaciers, forests, fast rivers, water falls, a ski centre, and the sea, all within short distances. Both Jules Verne and Darwin were marvelled by the beauties of the island. The most visited destinations include Ushuaia, the Tierra del Fuego National Park, Fagnano Lake, Museum of the End of the World, Les Eclaireus lighthouse, the old jail, and the Isla de los Estados. Jules Verne. ... The word Darwin, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. ... Tierra del Fuego National Park is a national park on the Argentine part of the island of Tierra del Fuego, within Tierra del Fuego Province. ... Categories: Stub ...

The Argentine Antarctica started receiving tourist short ago. Tourist can see the life at the Argentine Marambio_Base during the summer. Marambio Base is the the head of argentine bases in Antarctica. ...

The Falkland/Malvinas Islands gained notoriety after the Flakland/Malvinas War, but very few tourist adventure to the islands. The Falklands War or the Malvinas War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas, between March and June of 1982. ...

Political division

The province is divided in 4 departments (spanish departamentos), only the first two of which under the effective control of Argentina.

Departments:

1. Ushuaia (capital Ushuaia)
2. Río Grande (capital Río Grande)
3. Antártida Argentina: South of the 60° S parallel of latitude and therefore claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty, sector of Antarctica between 25°W to 74°W, uninhabited apart from staff of scientific bases) (capital Esperanza). The South Orkney Islands, which are also South of the 60° S parallel of latitude and therefore claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty, are however considered part of the department Islas del Atlántico Sur
4. Islas del Atlántico Sur: Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British overseas territories claimed by Argentina (capital Puerto Argentino), and South Orkney Islands, which South of the 60° S parallel of latitude and therefore claims suspended under the Antarctic Treaty

The city of Ushuaia in early spring. ... Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego Rio Grande is a town in Argentina, on the northern part of the island of Tierra del Fuego. ... Argentinian Antarctica (in Spanish, Antártida Argentina) is a sector of Antarctica which Argentinians consider part of their National Territory. ... Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ... The Argentine Base Esperanza (Spanish Hope Base) is located at 63°24′ S 56°59′ W, Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. ... The South Orkney Islands (Spanish: Islas Orcadas) are a group of sub-antarctic islands situated at latitudes 60°50 to 60°83 S, and longitudes 44°25 to 46°25 W in the Southern Ocean. ... Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ... Orthographic projection centred on the South Sandwich Islands South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, also claimed by Argentina as part of Tierra del Fuego province (because of that, some of the islands also have Spanish names). ... From the air Port Stanley, also known as Stanley (briefly renamed Puerto Argentino during the Argentine occupation in the Falklands War), is the capital and only town in the Falkland Islands, located on the isle of East Falkland. ... The South Orkney Islands (Spanish: Islas Orcadas) are a group of sub-antarctic islands situated at latitudes 60°50 to 60°83 S, and longitudes 44°25 to 46°25 W in the Southern Ocean. ... Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ...

See also

• Tierra del Fuego Island
• Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile

Tierra del Fuego (Spanish: land of Fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. ...

External link

• Tierra del Fuego provincial government homepage (in Spanish)

Provinces of Argentina
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