Tierra del Fuego
 Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the tip of South America | |
  Tierra del Fuego archipelago Political map of Tierra del Fuego and mainland South America | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean |
| Major islands | Tierra del Fuego, Hoste, Navarino, Gordon, Wollastone, Noir, Staten, Hermite, Santa Inés, Clarence, Dawson, Capitán Aracena, Londonderry, Picton, Lennox, Nueva, Diego Ramírez, O'Brien, aur Desolación Islands |
| Highest point | Monte Shipton |
| Administration | |
| Region |  Magallanes y Antártica Chilena |
| Provinces | Tierra del Fuego Province aur Antártica Chilena |
| Communes | Cabo de Hornos, Antártica, Porvenir, Primavera, Timaukel |
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| Province |  Tierra del Fuego Province |
| Demographics | |
| Population | ~201.000 (2022) |
| Ethnic groups | Argentines, Chileans, Selkʼnams, Kawésqar, Yaghans |
Tierra del Fuego (/tiˈɛrə dɛl ˈfweɪɡoʊ/, es; jon "Land of Fire" ke Spanish bhasa ke anuwaad hae, South America ke southern tip ke lage ke island hae, jon Strait of Magellan se South America se separated hae.
Ii archipelago ke khaas island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego hae, jiske area 73,746 km2 (28,473 sq mi) hae,[1] ke saathe aur dher chhotaa-chhotaa island hae, jisme Cape Horn aur Diego Ramírez Islands hae. Tierra del Fuego archipelago ke lagbhag two-thirds western hissa, jisme dher islands bji hae, Chile ke hissa hae, aur eastern part Argentina ke hissa hae.[1] Ii archipelago ke south ke hissa, Cape Horn, latitude 56°S ke kuchh north me hae.
Tierra del Fuego me insaan 8,000 BC se rahe hae.[2] European ke lig sab se pahile ii islands ke explore kare rahin 1520 me jab Ferdinand Magellan hian se sail karis rahaa. Tierra del Fuego ("Land of Fire") aur similiar naam ii kaaran se bola jaae hae kaaheki hian ke log aagi baarat rahin , apne ke garam kare ke khaatir, nai to signal kare ke khaatir.[3][4]
European descent ke log ke hian pe settlement nineteenth century ke duura bhaag me suruu bhais rahaa jab sheep farmoing aur sonaa ke boom rahaa.[5] Aaj-kal, petroleum extraction economic activity ke north Tierra del Fuego me dominate kare hae, jab tourism, manufacturing, aur Antarctic logistics south me important hae.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tierra del Fuego | Archipelago, Patagonia, Argentina & Chile". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ Morello, Flavia; Borrero, Luis; Massone, Mauricio; Stern, Charles; García-Herbst, Arleen; McCulloch, Robert; Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel; Calás, Elisa et al. (1 March 2012). "Hunter-gatherers, biogeographic barriers and the development of human settlement in Tierra del Fuego". Antiquity 86 (331): 71–87. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00062463.
- ↑ "8 Facts You Never Knew About the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago" (in English). Australis. 2017-04-11. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ Kelly, James (5 June 2017). "In Search of Paradise Lost in Tierra del Fuego". Earth Island Journal. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ Iparraguirre, Sylvia (19 March 2024). Tierra del fuego: a biography of the end of the world. Photo Design Ediciones - Florian von der Fecht. p. 146. ISBN 978-987-99166-9-8. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/SInnrYWflAcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA146. Retrieved 1 March 2016.