City of Ushuaia
Ushuaia is "the most austral city of the world" is surrounded by the Martial mounts and the channel of Beagle, is the capital city of the province of Land of the Fire. Name "Ushuaia" (bay which it penetrates towards the west), has its origin in the language of the original inhabitants of this earth: the flames and onas. The city of Ushuaia counts approximately on a population of 58,000 inhabitants.
Ushuaia has a port that operates tourist commercial and, and with an airport highly described. The city is the point of natural entrance more apt and near the Antartida.
C.P.: 9410 (Postal Code)
DDN: 02901 (National Direct Dialing)
DDI: 054 (International Direct Dialing)
Characteristics
| Latitude |
54° 48´ 44" south |
| Length |
68° 18´ 27" west |
| Altitude |
14 m on the level of the sea |
Distance to other places
| From Ushuaia to Cataracts of the Iguazu |
5048 km |
| From Ushuaia to Buenos Aires |
3580 km |
| From Ushuaia to The Calafate |
1105 km |
| From Ushuaia to Esquel |
2447 km |
| From Ushuaia to Madryn Port |
1695 km |
| From Ushuaia to Salta |
4559 km |
| From Ushuaia to San Agustin of Valle Fertil |
2886 km |
| From Ushuaia to San Carlos de Bariloche |
2186 km |
| From Ushuaia to San Martin of the Andes |
4222 km |
* The distances are by paved routes
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Location
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Channel of Beagle
Light in the channel of Beagle |
From the port of Ushuaia excursions by the Channel of Beagle are made, with different routes can be visited the island of the birds, the island of the wolves with their colony of marine wolves of a hair, the light Them Eclaireurs, Bridges small barren islands where long walks can be made, the Round island where it is more austral Postal Mail of the Argentine Mail, the island Hammer that has a colony of pengüins, the Harberton stay that is him first rural establishment of the island, Lapataia bay and occasionally are made strolls to the island of the States, Cape Horn and the Fueguinos channels.
From the port of Ushuaia also they divide to boats of scientific character and boats of tourism to the Antartida. |
National park Land of the Fire
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The National Park Land of the Fire has an extension of 630 km2, is the most austral of Argentina and unique one with marine coasts. It lodges a great variety of species animals and typical vegetables of the fueguino subAntarctic forest. This located to about 11 km to the west of the city of Ushuaia, between the Beagle Channel with the Fagnano Lake.
Within Land the National Park of the Fire is Lapataia Bay, that it offers to the tourist the possibility to him of developing diverse activities. |
Lapataia bay - National Park Land of the Fire |
Tourism in Ushuaia: Land of the Fire - Argentine Patagonia
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