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

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

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

From Salon

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

Among the more unsettling shocks in “The Settlers,” a harrowing, historically based drama that takes place in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago in the southernmost part of South America, is its time period.

From New York Times

“There is no evidence that overall numbers of rufa red knots have declined recently,” the agency said in a commentary published in May that cited a “low but stable” wintering population in Tierra del Fuego.

From New York Times