Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile
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 Location in the Magallanes Region |
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 ChileMagallanes |
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| Capital | Porvenir |
| Area | km2 |
| Population - Total - Density |
6,904 (2002 Census) /km² |
| Communes | Porvenir Primavera Timaukel |
The Chilean Tierra del Fuego Province (in Spanish Provincia de Tierra del Fuego) is located on the Chilean part of the main island of Tierra del Fuego. It is part of the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region. There is also an Argentine province of the same name, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. Chilean Tierra del Fuego has two major cities, Porvenir, capital of the province, and Cerro Sombrero, and a number of smaller towns. A key geographical feature is Bahía Inútil ("Useless Bay"), so named by British geographers in the late 19th century because the bay is not useful as a port.[citation needed]
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[edit] Natural features
Gold bearing sands have been recorded at a number of sites within the Fuegan shores of the Tierra del Fuego Province.[1] The shores among the islands have provided settlement locations for early man in the Americas; in particular the Wulaia Bay area of Navarino Island has yielded evidence of early settlement by the Yaghan people.[2]
Chilean Tierra del Fuego is known for numerous small lakes including Lago Blanco and Lago Deseado.
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- C. Michael Hogan (2008) Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens, Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
- J. Rabassa (2008) The Late Cenozoic of Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego, Published by Elsevier, 524 pages ISBN 0444529543
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