Tierra Del Fuego On World Map
This article covers the argentinean portion.
Tierra del fuego on world map. Mar del plata. Tierra del fuego map click to see large. The orthographic azimuthal projection for the globe and the simple geographic projection for the rectangular part of the map. Go back to see more maps of ushuaia maps of argentina.
The location map of tierra del fuego combines two projections. It was first encountered by a european in 1520 when spotted by. Tierra del fuego tiˈɛərə dɛl ˈfweɪɡoʊ spanish. Spanish for land of fire formerly also fireland in english is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the south american mainland across the strait of magellan.
Officially provincia de tierra del fuego antártida e islas del atlántico sur spanish for tierra del fuego antarctica and south atlantic islands is the southernmost and least populous argentine province. This map shows cities towns main roads secondary roads in tierra del fuego province. It was reportedly named by the portuguese adventurer ferdinand magellan the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. The province had been inhabited by indigenous people for more than 12 000 years since they migrated south of the mainland.
Tierra del fuego tierra del fuego is a 73 000 km large archipelago off the south of south america divided between argentina and chile by the 1881 treaty.