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Ushuaia, Argentina

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Ushuaia, Argentina.

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Visit the world's southernmost city to learn of its past whaling reliance and current production of fine wool — Visit the world's southernmost city to learn of its past whaling reliance and current production of fine woolThe seaport of Ushuaia, southern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Ushuaia, Argentina.

Ushuaia, city, capital and port of Tierra del Fuego provincia (province), Argentina, on the Beagle Channel. It lies on the main island of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America.

Ushuaia harbour — Ushuaia harbourUshuaia harbour, Tierra del Fuego province, Argentina.

The site was first settled by Wasti H. Stirling, an English missionary, in 1870. In 1884 an Argentine naval base was established, and in 1893, after the archipelago was partitioned between Argentina and Chile, Ushuaia was declared a city. Lumbering, sheep raising, fishing, trapping, and tourism are the city’s principal economic activities. Ushuaia has the distinction of being the southernmost city in the world. Pop. (2001) 45,430; (2010 est.) 56,500.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.