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Tierra del Fuego
[ tee-er-uh del fwey-goh; Spanish tyer-rah thel fwe-gaw ]
noun
- 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
- 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)
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His “Out of Eden Walk” will end in Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America.
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By sealers and others, Tierra del Fuego is often called “Fireland.”
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Drake, meanwhile, had found shelter among the islands of Tierra del Fuego.
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The region which it occupies stretches from the 30th parallel of south latitude to the vicinity of Tierra del Fuego.
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The trees, tall and grand, are of three kinds, almost peculiar to Tierra del Fuego.
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The guanaco, by some supposed to be the llama in its wild state, is found on the eastern side of Tierra del Fuego.
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