Tierra del Fuego the Land of Fire and the Beagle Channel
The very name of this region, Tierra del Fuego (meaning “Land of Fire”), came from Spanish explorers as they journeyed in search of the Spice Isles. Upon passing the Tierra del Fuego shoreline they saw a land clouded by smoke from numerous man-made fires.
Tierra del Fuego National Park is the southernmost park in Argentina, known for its breathtaking glacial, mountain, and forest landscapes. Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago located at the southern tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Magellan Strait and the Beagle Channel and the southern terminus of.the Pan-American Highway.
The Beagle Channel
The Beagle Channel is a 150-mile long strait located at the extreme southern tip of South America in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and has one of the worlds greatest concentrations of wild life.
The strait is named after the British ship HMS Beagle, which surveyed the region during hydrographic expeditions in the 1820s and 1830s. The ship’s second voyage is famous for carrying a young naturalist named Charles Darwin, whose observations heavily influenced his theories on evolution.
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