Cape San Pío (Spanish: ''Cabo San Pio'') at ,
the southernmost tip of mainland
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego as well as of
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
, 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 language, Yahgan: ''Onašaga'') is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego, Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina. The channel separates the larger main island of I ...
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 .
See also
*
The Moat channel
References
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Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Headlands of Argentina
Extreme points of Argentina