Tierra del Fuego

[ tee-er-uh del fwey-goh; Spanish tyer-rah thel fwe-gaw ]

noun

1. a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).

Tierra del Fuego

/ ˈtjɛrra ðɛl ˈfweɣo /

noun

1. an archipelago at the S extremity of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: the west and south belong to Chile, the east to Argentina. Area: 73 643 sq km (28 434 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of Chile and Argentina, a particularly dramatic novel ecosystem is taking shape.

From Vox

Next, Hamley and colleagues plan to partner with the few remaining Yaghan communities in Tierra del Fuego in Argentina to piece together “parts of the story that have been lost or taken away.”

From Science News

In the end, we find out that the polar vortex has kept striated caracaras pinned down in the Falklands and on a couple of nearby islands off Tierra del Fuego.

From Outside Online

The Magellanic penguins in Tierra del Fuego, Chile, and Argentina are quite easy to see.

From Washington Post

His “Out of Eden Walk” will end in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America.

From The Daily Beast

By sealers and others, Tierra del Fuego is often called “Fireland.”

From Project Gutenberg

Drake, meanwhile, had found shelter among the islands of Tierra del Fuego.

From Project Gutenberg

The region which it occupies stretches from the 30th parallel of south latitude to the vicinity of Tierra del Fuego.

From Project Gutenberg

The trees, tall and grand, are of three kinds, almost peculiar to Tierra del Fuego.

From Project Gutenberg

The guanaco, by some supposed to be the llama in its wild state, is found on the eastern side of Tierra del Fuego.

From Project Gutenberg