Hermite Islands

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Hermite Islands
Native name: Islas Hermite or L'Hermite
Nickname: Samajani (Yahgan Language)[1]

The most known under the islands, the Cape Horn

Islands south of the Beagle Channel, except Diego Ramírez Islands
Geography
Coordinates 55°50′00″S 67°25′00″W / 55.8333°S 67.4167°W / -55.8333; -67.4167Coordinates: 55°50′00″S 67°25′00″W / 55.8333°S 67.4167°W / -55.8333; -67.4167
Archipelago Tierra del Fuego
Adjacent bodies of water Pacific ocean
Major islands Hermite, Herschel, Deceit and Hornos
Country
Region Magallanes
Province Antártica
Commune Cabo de Hornos
Additional information
NGA UFI= -884095

The Hermite Islands are[1] the islands Hermite, Herschel, Deceit and Hornos as well as the islets Maxwell, Jerdán, Arrecife, Chantieler, Hall, Deceit (islet), and Hasse at almost the southernmost end of South America. The smallest and southernmost of the major islands is Hornos Island, the location of Cape Horn. The islands are located south of the Wollaston Islands and separated from them by the Franklin Channel. The islets Terhalten, Sesambre, Evout and Barnevelt are located easterly and are not considered part of the Hermite islands.

The southernmost islands of the American continent are the Diego Ramírez Islands, southwest of Cape Horn. South of all these islands is the Drake Passage.

The southern tip of Deceit island extends southeastwards through an eye-catching line of sharp-edged rocks known as Los dientes o garras de Deceit (Deceit teeth or claws) that end in a rough islet, the Islote Deceit. Though not so southern as Cape Horn, this string of rocks is perhaps more impressive than the cape itself, especially during gales. The islands form part of the Cabo de Hornos National Park.

History

They are named after the Dutch admiral Jacques l'Hermite (1582-1624). Hermite Islands were visited by Charles Darwin at the turn of 1832/1833. Argentina started 1978 the Operation Soberania to seize the islands.

Wollaston and Hermite Islands


  • Landscape in the Hermite Islands

  • Deceit teeth

  • Barnevelt Island

  • Evout Island

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 7. Cabo de Hornos , retrieved on 14 February 2013

External links

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