Tierra del Fuego-the largest island in South America-"Land of Fire".
Tierra del Fuego-Tierra del Fuego is the largest island in South America, with the southernmost city in the world.
Tierra del Fuego is generally an archipelago that guides the southern tip of America, including hundreds of nearby islands and rocks. Among them, Tierra del Fuego is the main island of this archipelago. Of course, most people used to call Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego.
Tierra del Fuego is slightly triangular, with an area of about 48,700 km2, ranking 29th in the world island area. Compared with the islands to which China belongs, the area of Tierra del Fuego is almost the sum of the areas of China's largest island (Taiwan Province Island) and the third largest island (Chongming Island). Compared with the area of prefecture-level cities under the jurisdiction of China Province, it is roughly equivalent to the sum of the top three prefecture-level cities in Shandong Province (Linyi, Weifang and Yantai).
The biggest feature of Tierra del Fuego is that the climate is very cold and stormy all the year round. The annual average temperature here is lower than 10℃. Tierra del Fuego is the end of the Andes. The southwest of Tierra del Fuego is mostly mountainous with complex terrain. The northeast is a gentle lowland. The highest peak here is Darwin Peak, which is 2438 meters above sea level. Because it is a high latitude area, the height of snow line here is only 500~800m, so modern glaciers are particularly developed. Due to different latitudes, the height of snow line in Kunlun Mountain in China is generally around 5000m m.. Tierra del Fuego's special geographical conditions have also formed many glacial lakes and swamps. It brings conditions for human survival.
Most of Tierra del Fuego belongs to Chile and a small part belongs to Argentina. Due to the cold climate near the Antarctic continent, the island is sparsely populated. People living here mainly raise sheep, followed by logging, fishing and hunting. The industry here is not developed, only some gold and oil mining industries.
Ushuaia, located at the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego, belongs to Argentina. This small town with less than 20,000 people is the southernmost city in the world. Because Tierra del Fuego faces the Antarctic continent across strait of magellan, the tourism here is particularly developed at present.