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

Provincial officials insist that Tierra del Fuego has not had a case of hantavirus since its reporting became mandatory 30 years ago -- unlike in provinces to the north, such as Rio Negro and Chubut.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

"In Tierra del Fuego we have no record of hantavirus cases in our history," Juan Facundo Petrina, the province's Director General of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, said.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

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

Within a thousand years it would strike Tierra del Fuego.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann