Ushuaia is the administrative capital of Tierra del Fuego, an industrial port and a tourist hub.
Almost all tourist trips to Antarctica start from here.
Few actually stop to explore the city.
Ushuaia has a sizable population of 71,000 and the infrastructure to call itself a city.
There is a settlement called Puerto Williams further south, but it has a population of only 2,800.
But because of the towns small size and population, that claim is not taken too seriously.
Ushuaia is only 23 square kilometers, while Punta Arenas is more than seventeen thousand square kilometers.
This makes Punta Arenas a strong candidate to the title of the world’s southernmost city.
It is the only such community on Earth that is situated below the 55th parallel south.
It is also the only Chilean locality and port with coasts and waters belonging to the Atlantic Ocean.
Once the gold prospect diminished, people moved out and Puerto Toro became a small hamlet.
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