Tierra del Fuego is the archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan and divided between Chile and Argentina. A windswept, sparsely populated land of subantarctic forest, steppe and glaciated mountains, it marks the gateway to the Drake Passage and Antarctica beyond.
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Area (sq km)The source states this figure in the sentence introducing the whole archipelago; its own Geography section separately states 48,100 km2 for the main island alone, a different figure not used here. Recorded as a known source discrepancy rather than resolved by guesswork. Population2022 estimate. Connections
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1. Tierra del Fuego (Wikipedia)
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Tierra del Fuego (; Spanish: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]; Spanish for 'Land of Fire') is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
2. Tierra del Fuego (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead section, second paragraph
The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, with an area of 73,746 km2 (28,473 sq mi), along with numerous smaller islands, including Cape Horn and Diego Ramírez Islands.
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The geology of the archipelago is influenced by the effects of the Andean orogeny and the repeated Pleistocene glaciations.
Shaped By: Glaciation, Geology section, first sentence
The geology of the archipelago is influenced by the effects of the Andean orogeny and the repeated Pleistocene glaciations.
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