Glaciated Cordillera Darwin in Tierra del Fuego, Chile (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Glaciated Cordillera Darwin in Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Caption

This is the south flank of glaciated Cordillera Darwin and Bahia Pia (Pia Bay), highest point on Tierra del Fuego, Chile, taken from the Beagle Channel. These peaks and fjords were named after exploration undertaken during Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle to this region in the 1830s.

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Stuart N. Thomson.

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