Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the south of South America and is separated from the mainland by the Magellan Strait. It is divided between Argentina and Chile since 1881, being the eastern part Argentinian territory and the western part (Magallanes province) Chilean territory.
The main towns are Rio Grande and Ushuaia on the Argentinian side, and Porvenir, Puerto Williams and Cape Horn on the Chilean side.  Tierra del Fuego means "Land of Fire" and got its name from Ferdinand Magellan, who was passing by the archipelago back in 1520 and spotted fires burning along the coastline. The fires were made by the aboriginal inhabitants of the islands.