Tierra del Fuego

American  

[tee-er-uh del fwey-goh, tyer-rah thel fwe-gaw] / tiˈɛr ə dɛl ˈfweɪ goʊ, ˈtyɛr rɑ ðɛl ˈfwɛ gɔ /

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).

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Tierra del Fuego British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

Another was Cyttaria dawinii, a small globular parasitic fungus collected by Charles Darwin in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in South America during the HMS Beagle voyage between 1831 and 1836.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

In his 20s he went on several long-distance cycling trips, including a 24,568-kilometer crossing of the Americas, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, which his team completed in a record 310 days.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

Within indigenous Yagán communities in Tierra del Fuego, foxes played an important role.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024

When Argentina established a subprefecture in Tierra del Fuego in 1884, following a treaty with Chile that divided the territory between both countries, the region was populated by Indigenous people and English missionaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

On the Beagle there were three people from Tierra del Fuego who had lived for a while in England.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman