Difference between revisions of "Tierra Del Fuego"
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<p> A compact island-group at the southern extremity of the South American continent, from which it is separated by the [[Strait]] of Magellan; the most southerly point is [[Cape Horn]] ( <i> q. v </i> .); of the group Tierra del Fuego, sometimes called King [[Charles]] South Land, belongs partly to the Argentine and partly to Chile, to which also belong the other islands, except Staten Island, an Argentine possession; save for a few fertile plains in the N., where some sheep-farming goes on, the region is bleak, barren, and mountainous, with rocky, fiord-cut coasts swept by violent and prolonged gales; scantily peopled by now harmless Indians of a low type. </p> | <p> A compact island-group at the southern extremity of the South American continent, from which it is separated by the [[Strait]] of Magellan; the most southerly point is [[Cape Horn]] ( <i> q. v </i> .); of the group Tierra del Fuego, sometimes called King [[Charles]] South Land, belongs partly to the Argentine and partly to Chile, to which also belong the other islands, except Staten Island, an Argentine possession; save for a few fertile plains in the N., where some sheep-farming goes on, the region is bleak, barren, and mountainous, with rocky, fiord-cut coasts swept by violent and prolonged gales; scantily peopled by now harmless Indians of a low type. </p> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:04, 15 October 2021
Tierra Del Fuego [1]
A compact island-group at the southern extremity of the South American continent, from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan; the most southerly point is Cape Horn ( q. v .); of the group Tierra del Fuego, sometimes called King Charles South Land, belongs partly to the Argentine and partly to Chile, to which also belong the other islands, except Staten Island, an Argentine possession; save for a few fertile plains in the N., where some sheep-farming goes on, the region is bleak, barren, and mountainous, with rocky, fiord-cut coasts swept by violent and prolonged gales; scantily peopled by now harmless Indians of a low type.
