Recommended Photos Collections: Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

Ushuaia is the capital city of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. It is the only municipality in the Department of Ushuaia, which has an area of 9,390 km2 (3,625 sq mi).

Ushuaia has long been described as the southernmost city in the world. While there are settlements farther south, the only one of any notable size is Puerto Williams, a Chilean settlement of some 2000 residents (mostly families of the nearby military bases). Puerto Williams also calls itself the world's southernmost city, but this claim is dubious as the Chilean government itself defines a city as an urban entity with more than 5,000 inhabitants. As a center of population, commerce, and culture, and as a town of significant size and importance, Ushuaia however clearly qualifies as a city. A 1998 article in the newspaper Clarín reported that the designation "Southernmost city in the world" had been transferred to Puerto Williams by a joint committee from Argentina and Chile, but this was denied by Argentine authorities, and the Secretariat of Tourism of Argentina continues to use the slogan in official documentation and web sites.

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Partial view of the city and the Martial Mountains

Goverment of the "Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur" province of Argentina, in Ushuaia

Ushuaia (Argentine) et le Canal Beagle

Port in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

Les Eclarieus lighthouse in the Beagle Channel Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

“Between a rock and hard place”. Female and cub. South American Sea Lions (Otaria flavescens, previously Otaria bryonia), taking a siesta on “La Isla de Los Lobos” in the Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina.