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Ushuaia

Straddling the Beagle Strait, Ushuaia is the largest city in Argentine Tierra del Fuego island, with about 75,000 residents (2019). It is 3,260 km south of Buenos Aires. It lays claim to the title "the southernmost city in the world". Puerto Williams, across the channel in Chile, also claims this title, but has only about 3,000 residents.

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    Casa de Gobierno

    The local government building is a strange mixture of functionalism with Alpine elements and is hard to miss.

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    Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse

    Lighthouse at the End of the World

    Reached by a short boat tour from Ushuaia, it is known locally as the Lighthouse at the End of the World, though the lighthouse made famous by Jules Verne in the novel of the same name is the San Juan de Salvamento lighthouse further east on Isla de los Estados.

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    Mastil de General Belgrano

    A remote area west of the city of Ushuaia on Isla Redonda, paying tribute to one of the founders of Argentina, and to the navy cruiser named after him which was sunk by the UK in the Falklands War. It was a stop on one of the televised Amazing Race contests, and features a one-person post office for sending letters from the end of the world.

    ~$100

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    Museo Marítimo

    Located in an old prison, this is four museums in one. The maritime museum displays a collection of the history of Tierra del Fuego. One wing has been converted to an art gallery named Museo de Arte Marino featuring the work of local artists. There is also an Antarctic museum and, of course, a museum of the prison.

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    Museo del Fin del Mundo

    The museum exists in two separate buildings on Av. Maipu a few blocks apart. Highlights include the largest exhibited collection of birds from Tierra del Fuego, the figurehead of the Duchess of Albany (a sunken vessel), and a library dedicated to the history and nature of Tierra del Fuego.

    Admission AR$36,000 (Oct 2025)

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    Plaza Malvinas

    Monument to the Falkland Islands War of 1982. These islands are called the Islas Malvinas in Argentina.

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    Petrified Whale

    A "spooky" whale statue inside the city park.