Tierra del Fuego

The wreck of the Monte Sarmiento, a steam clipper that hit rocks and foundered in the Beagel Channel on April 2, 1912, sits near the former Estancia Remolino in Argentine Tierra del Fuego. At rear the "Dog's Jaw" mountains rise on Chile's Navarino island.

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The wreck of the Monte Sarmiento, a steam clipper that hit rocks and foundered in the Beagel Channel on April 2, 1912, sits near the former Estancia Remolino in Argentine Tierra del Fuego. At rear the "Dog's Jaw" mountains rise on Chile's Navarino island.