Tierra del Fuego

American  

[tee-er-uh del fwey-goh, tyer-rah thel fwe-gaw] / tiˈɛr ə dɛl ˈfweɪ goʊ, ˈtjɛr 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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Tierra del Fuego

Three infected people died on the cruise ship that set sail from Ushuaia in the southern Argentine Tierra del Fuego province on April 1.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

It began its journey on 1 April, more than 6,000 miles away in Ushuaia in the province of Tierra del Fuego.

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

He could walk to Patagonia, or to Tierra del Fuego.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman