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Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego
—literally
Fire Land
, formerly
Isla de Xativa
and also known as
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
—is an island near the southern tip of
South America
from which it is separated by the
Strait of Magellan
. The western portion of the island (29,484.7 km² and 61.43% of the island) is in
Chile
(
Province of Tierra del Fuego
and
Antártica Chilena Province
), while the eastern portion (18,507.3 km² and 38.57%) is in
Argentina
(
Tierra del Fuego Province
). It forms the major landmass in an extended
group of islands
or
archipelago
also known as
Tierra del Fuego
.
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