Cabo San Pío (English: ''Cape San Pio'') at , the southernmost tip of mainland

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (English: ''Big Island of the Land of Fire'') also formerly ''Isla de Xátiva''Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, except for the small islet Islote Blanco () that lies about off the coast in SW direction (about further to the south). The cape marks the eastern entrance to the

Beagle Channel Beagle Channel (; Yahgan: ''Onašaga'') is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. The channel separates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego f ...

and has an high light ''Faro Cabo San Pío'' that dates back to 1919. The brick tower with orange and red bands (or red and white stripes), and an exterior ladder, is shaped like a bowling pin. The characteristic is two white flashes every 16 seconds and the range is . The

Beagle Conflict The Beagle conflict was a border dispute between Chile and Argentina over the possession of Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands and the scope of the maritime jurisdiction associated with those islands that brought the countries to the brink of war i ...

was a border dispute between Argentina and Chile, in which Argentina claimed sovereignty of the

Picton, Lennox and Nueva __NOTOC__ Picton, Lennox and Nueva () form a group of three islands (and their islets) at the extreme southern tip of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Reg ...

islands off the coast south of Tierra del Fuego, and took both countries to the brink of war in 1978. The conflicts date back to the Boundary Treaty of July 23, 1881, which did not specify the border in detail in these waters. The conflict was finally resolved on January 23, 1984, when Argentina and Chile signed the

Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina The Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina ( es, Tratado de Paz y Amistad de 1984 entre Chile y Argentina, see the text in thUnited Nations was signed into agreement at the Vatican on 29 November 1984. It was ratified ...

giving the islands to Chile but most maritime rights to Argentina.

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