Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina
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denben
S 54° 48.436 W 068° 18.272
19F E 544700 N 3926433
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, is the Southernmost city in the world. It is 11,120km from my home in Canada (bird fly).
Waymark Code: WMBQ7R
Location: Argentina
Date Posted: 06/12/2011
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Ushuaia is the capital city of Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. It is the only municipality in the Department of Ushuaia, which has an area of 9,390 km2. Ushuaia has a population of approximately 64,000 people and ranks as the 97th biggest city in Argentina.
Ushuaia has a subpolar oceanic climate. Temperatures average 1.6 °C (34.9 °F) in the coolest month (July), and 10.4 °C (50.7 °F) in the warmest month (January). The record low is -25 °C (-13 °F), and record high 29 °C (85 °F) (December). On average the city experiences 200 days of light rain or snow a year, with many cloudy and foggy days. Despite receiving only 530 millimetres average annual precipitation, Ushuaia is very humid. Because temperatures are cool throughout the year, there is little evaporation. Snow is common in winter and regularly occurs throughout the year. Ushuaia occasionally experiences snow in summer (from November to March).
The main economic activities are fishing, natural gas and oil extraction, sheep farming and ecotourism.
Tourist attractions include the Tierra del Fuego National Park and Lapataia Bay. The park can be reached by highway, or via the End of the World Train (Tren del Fin del Mundo) from Ushuaia. The city has a museum of Yámana, English, and Argentine settlement, including its years as a prison colony. Wildlife attractions include local birds, penguins, seals, and orcas, many of these species colonizing islands in the Beagle Channel.
Since 2007 Ushuaia has hosted the Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo del Fin del Mundo. The Bienal has gathered over one hundred artists from five continents addressing the motto "think at the End of the World that another world is possible". As a pedagogical project it encourages students at all levels to "think about a better world"
Source: Wikipedia
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