Fuegian Archipelago

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The Fuegian Archipelago is a remote group of windswept islands at the southern tip of South America, known for its rugged landscapes, subpolar climate, and position near the Drake Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fuegian Archipelago canonical 4
Fuegian archipelago 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
contains Cape Horn ⓘ
Clarence Island ⓘ
Dawson Island ⓘ
Desolation Island (Chile) ⓘ
linked to: Isla Navarino

Hermite Islands ⓘ
Hoste Island ⓘ
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego ⓘ
Isla de los Estados ⓘ
Navarino Island ⓘ
Wollaston Islands ⓘ
dividedBetween Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
hasCharacteristic fjords ⓘ
glaciated mountains ⓘ
peat bogs ⓘ
rugged landscapes ⓘ
subantarctic forests ⓘ
windswept islands ⓘ
hasCity Río Grande (Tierra del Fuego) ⓘ
Ushuaia ⓘ
hasClimate subpolar oceanic climate ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic cool temperatures year-round ⓘ
frequent precipitation ⓘ
high winds ⓘ
hasLargestIsland Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego ⓘ
hasPoliticalDivision Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur ⓘ
Chilean region of Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena ⓘ
hasTown Porvenir ⓘ
Puerto Williams ⓘ
isGatewayTo Antarctica ⓘ
isNear Antarctic Convergence ⓘ
knownFor harsh maritime conditions ⓘ
strategic position between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
Southern Cone ⓘ
southern tip of South America ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ
near Drake Passage ⓘ
partOf Cono Sur ⓘ
linked to: Southern Cone
separatedFrom South American mainland by the Strait of Magellan ⓘ
traversedBy Beagle Channel ⓘ
Strait of Magellan ⓘ
wasInhabitedBy Kawésqar people ⓘ
Selk'nam people ⓘ
linked to: Selk'nam

Yaghan people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murray Channel → locatedIn → Fuegian Archipelago ⓘ
Wollaston Islands → partOf → Fuegian Archipelago ⓘ
Hornos Island → partOf → Fuegian Archipelago ⓘ
Alberto Maria de Agostini → documented → Fuegian archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Fuegian Archipelago
Ona → geographicRegion → Fuegian Archipelago ⓘ