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Tierra del Fuego
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Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego
(, ; Spanish for "
Land of Fire
") is an
archipelago
off the southernmost tip of the
South American mainland
, across the
Strait of Magellan
. The archipelago consists of the main island,
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
, with an area of , and a group of many islands, including
Cape Horn
and
Diego Ramírez Islands
. Tierra del Fuego is divided between
Chile
and
Argentina
, with the latter controlling the eastern half of the main island and the former the western half plus the islands south of
Beagle Channel
. The southernmost extent of the archipelago is at about
latitude
55 S.
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