Yendegaia Bay is a bay in 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 ...

, in the southern coast of the

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an part of

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''Yendegaia River and the only settlement on its shores is Caleta Ferrari. In 1998 the land around Yendegaia Bay was purchased by the Conservation Land Trust, a U.S.-based charity led by

Douglas Tompkins Douglas Rainsford Tompkins (March 20, 1943 – December 8, 2015) was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist. He co-founded the North Face Inc, Esprit and various environmental grou ...

. It is possible to trek from the bay to the Stoppani Glacier. In August 2011 it was reported that the Chilean Army is building a road south from the

Azopardo River The Azopardo River (Spanish: ''Río Azopardo''), is a river in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Chile at the southern tip of South America. It flows in a westerly direction and drains the waters of Fagnano Lake Fagnano Lake ( es, Lago Fagnano), a ...

to Yendegaia Bay, which will provide the first road access to the Chilean section of the Beagle Channel.Prensa Antartica, Antartica Chilena Province, 23 August 2011
(in Spanish)

References

Bays of Chile Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Bodies of water of Magallanes Region {{MagellanAntarctic-geo-stub