The Beagle channel is on the Sothern side of the Grand Island of Tierra del Fuego. South of it are more islands, channels, bays an fjords until you reach Cape horn. The Northern Boundary is the Straights of Magellan. The channel has rocky shores with snow covered mountains
beautiful bays that almost make you want to plunge into the 48 degree water
and smiling tourists enjoying it all.
If you get to shore, you can explore the countryside which is rich in bogs and grasses swept by the ever present wind.
There are strange “plants” growing on the trees which our guide described as half parasites. They were half parasites because they only hurt the trees and didn’t kill them.
and the end of the Pan-American Highway, just a short 17848 KM jaunt from Alaska. The channel does reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific adding yet more confusion for marine navigators.
Gotta love the penguins.
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