Chilean fjords in Tierra del Fuego


Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire") is an archipelago, 28,476 sq mi (73,753 km²), separated from the southernmost tip of the South American mainland by the Strait of Magellan. The southern point of the archipelago forms Cape Horn. Patagonia is a large geographic region containing the southernmost portion of South America. Mostly located in Argentina and partly in Chile, it comprises the Andes mountains to the west and south, and plateaux and low plains to the east. The name Patagonia comes from the word patagon used by Magellan to describe the native people who his expedition thought to be giants.


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Location: Chile
Photo credit: © Michael DeFreitas South America / Alamy / Afripics
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