Cordillera Darwin
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The Cordillera Darwin is short mountain range mantled by an ice field. It is locate in the southwestern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, entirely within the Chilean Territory. It is part of the longest Andes range and includes the highest mountains in Tierra del Fuego, with elevations up to 2,500 m. Darwin Range extends west-east from the Monte Sarmiento in the vicinity of Magdalena Channel to the Cerro Bove, near Yendegaia Bay. It is bounded by the Almirantazgo Fjord on the north and the Beagle Channel on the south. Other summits include the Monte Italia and the Monte Darwin1, the highest mountain in the range.
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1 Recently the name has been changed to Monte Shipton.
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- http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386i/chile-arg/wet/southpat.html
- http://www.ultimaterra.com/uc2006/cdapresentation.html (In French)
- http://www.difrol.cl/0103.htm (In Spanish)
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