Natural Landmarks in Argentina

Tierra del Fuego: Archipelago of Fire and Ice

At the southernmost extremity of South America, where the continent fragments into a thousand islands scattered across tempestuous seas, lies Tierra del Fuego, the "Land of Fire." Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who first glimpsed these shores in 1520, named the archipelago after witnessing the countless fires lit by Indigenous peoples along the coastline. Five centuries later, the region remains one of the most sparsely populated and geologically dynamic corners of the continent.