Provinz Tierra del Fuego (Argentinien) - Tierra del Fuego, Isla de Los Estados, Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino, Flughafen Ushuaia, Cabo San Po (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Tierra Del Fuego, Isla de Los Estados, Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino, Flughafen Ushuaia, Cabo San Po, Museo Del Fin Del Mundo. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Isla de los Estados (Dutch: Stateneiland) is an Argentine island that lies 29 km off the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by the Le Maire Strait. It was named for the Netherlands States-General, and its original Dutch name was identical to that of the New York borough of Staten Island. The island is administratively part of the Argentinian province of Tierra del Fuego, and of the department and city of Ushuaia. It has been declared an "Ecological, Historic, and Tourist Provincial Reserve" ("Reserva provincial ecolgica, histrica y turstica"), with access limited to tours from Ushuaia. The only settlement is the Puerto Parry Naval Station, located in a deep and narrow fjord on the northern coast of the island. The naval station, created in 1978, is manned by a team of four marines on a 45-day rotation, in charge of monitoring environmental conservation, ship movement, and also to provide emergency assistance. The island was discovered on December 25, 1615 by Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten, who named it Country of the Lords of the State. Dutch captain Hendrik Brouwer sighted it in 1643. Argentine pilot Luis Piedra Buena constructed a shelter near Port Cook in 1862, and built a small seal oil extraction facility on the island. The San Juan del Salvamento was inaugurated on May 25, 1884 by Comodoro Augusto Lasserre, and functioned until 1899. The lighthouse, better known as Faro del fin del mundo ("Lighthouse at the end of the world"), is said to have inspired Jules Verne for his book The Lighthouse at the End of the World, published in 1905. A military prison was set on the island, working from 1899 to 1902, when it had to be moved to Tierra del Fuego after being compromised by the strong win...http://booksllc.net/?l=de