Ushuaia is the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego, guarded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. Its population is estimated today at about 64,000.
The video begins as we sail into the harbour on the Star Princess. It then continues on land at the port and Plaza Civica. After a short journey through downtown is it back on board the Star Princess for the sail away.
Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of a main island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego divided between Chile and Argentina with an area of 18,572 square miles, and a group of smaller islands including Cape Horn. Initially discovered by Ferdinand Magellan's expedition in 1520, the islands were not settled by people of European descent until the second half of the 19th century at the height of the sheep farming and gold rush booms.
The video begins as we sail around Cape Horn and up the Beagle Channel on the Star Princess. After docking in Ushuaia, Argentina I take a drive through the Andes Mountains and embark on a wildlife cruise in the Beagle Channel.
La Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego está ubicada en el extremo sur de América, continente del cual está separada por el Estrecho de Magallanes.
Está delimitada al sur por el canal Beagle, al este por el Océano Atlántico y al oeste por el Océano Pacífico. Esta gran isla es compartida por Chile y por Argentina , a quienes les corresponde la parte occidental y oriental, respectivamente. La parte argentina de la isla corresponde a la provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, cuya capital es la ciudad de Ushuaia.
