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Tierra del Fuego (Spanish land of fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. In 1881 it was divided between Argentina and Chile. The archipelago consists of a main island (often called Tierra del Fuego as well), and a group of smaller islands. It is separated from the continent by the Strait of Magellan[?]. The southern point of the archipelago forms Cape Horn.
Its name come from the fires (fuego in Spanish) that Europeans observed passing by it.
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