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Isla de los Estados (Dutch:
Staten Eiland) is an Argentine island that lies 29 km off the eastern extremity of the
Argentine portion of
Tierra del Fuego, from which it's separated by the
Le Maire Strait. It was named for the
Netherlands States-General.
The island is administratively part of the Argentinian province of
Tierra del Fuego, and of the department and city of
Ushuaia.
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 sailor
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 winds.
The
Staten Island is approximately 65
kilometres (40
mi) long east-west, and 15 km wide, with an area of 534
km² (206
mi²); it's deeply indented by bays. The highest point is 823
metres (2600
ft), and is considered to be the last prominence of the
Andes mountain range. The island receives around 2,000
millimetres (79
in) of rain per year, feeding its dense low forests. The animal life is composed mainly of
penguins,
orcas,
seals,
seagulls and
cormorants, as well as the human-introduced
deer and
goats.
The island is surrounded by minor islands and rocks, the largest being
Isla Observatorio 6.5 km north of it, with an area of 4 km².
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