Ushuaia, Argentina capital of the province of Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost city in the world.
Ushuaia is located on the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego on the big island in a landscape surrounded by mountains and overlooking the Beagle Channel The city has about 65,000 inhabitants.
Earlier, Puerto Williams in Chile was considered the most southern city, in fact it is located to the south of Ushuaia, but is not sufficiently populated to be considered a city. The most populated Punta Arenas is also sometimes considered the largest city in the south.
The settlement was constantly inhabited island Navarino, Puerto Toro, but has fewer than 100 residents and is more properly called a village.
History: The town was originally named by early British colonists after the name given by indigenous native Yamana. For much of the first half of the twentieth century the city was the center of a prison for dangerous criminals. The Argentine government staged the prison following the example of the English in Australia being a remote island, escape from a prison in Tierra del Fuego have been impossible. The prisoners thus became forced colonists and spent much of their time cutting wood in the island around the prison and build the city.
Climate: Ushuaia, given its geographical location has a very special atmosphere, not too hard winters (average temperatures around 1 ° C) and hot summers (average about 10 ° C), slightly more abundant rainfall in the autumn months.
Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world, 3000 km from Buenos Aires. On the edge of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by mountains Martial, offers a unique landscape in Argentina: the combination of mountains, sea, glaciers and woods. It is advisable to visit the Museum of the End of the World, a building of 1902, which preserves the interesting works of Indian handicrafts Onas, the remains of shipwrecks, documents and photos relating to the history of the region and to the west of the city, the National Park Virgin Lapataia a reserve where you can walk in the beautiful forest of lengas and coihues and where is surprising the number of beavers to form dams that come with the trunks of trees. It is worth mentioning the visit to the Maritime Museum installed in the old jail (one of the most famous prisons in the history of Argentina) and the excursion with the Tren del Fin del Mundo, which runs one of the paths used by prisoners decades ago to stock up on firewood through the woods.
Economic position: Of interest is the Tierra del Fuego National Park where you can get to Cape Horn by renting a boat. Other sights include the islands in the Beagle Channel, home to birds, penguins and killer whales.
Famous Lighthouse San Juan De Salvo, made famous by Jules Verne in the lighthouse end of the world.
It is also a key gateway to the south, receives regular flights from Buenos Aires (at the international airport of Ushuaia) and cruise ships visiting the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and Antarctica. At 25 km from the city are the important ski resort Cerro Castor.