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The Cordillera Darwin is an extensive mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 mantled by an ice field
Ice field

An ice field is an area less than 50,000 km? of ice often found in the colder climates and higher altitudes of the world where there is sufficient precipitation....
. It is located in the southwestern portion of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. Its western part is in Chile , while the east is in Argentina ....
, entirely within the Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
an territory. It is part of the longest Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 range and includes the highest mountains in Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago separated from the southernmost tip of the South American mainland by the Strait of Magellan. The southern point of the archipelago forms Cape Horn....
, with elevations reaching over 2,000 m; The ice field of the Cordillera Darwin covers an area greter than 2300 square kilometers. The Darwin Range extends in a west-east direction from the Monte Sarmiento
Monte Sarmiento

Monte Sarmiento is a pyramidal peak with a glaciated saddle-shaped summit located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile. It rises abruptly from the east shore of the Magdalena Channel and marks the western border of the Cordillera Darwin....
 (located in the vicinity of Magdalena Channel
Magdalena Channel

Magdalena Channel is a Chilean channel joining the Strait of Magellan with Cockburn Channel and is part of a major navigation route which ultimately connects with the Beagle Channel....
) to Yendegaia valley.






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The Cordillera Darwin is an extensive mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 mantled by an ice field
Ice field

An ice field is an area less than 50,000 km? of ice often found in the colder climates and higher altitudes of the world where there is sufficient precipitation....
. It is located in the southwestern portion of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. Its western part is in Chile , while the east is in Argentina ....
, entirely within the Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
an territory. It is part of the longest Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 range and includes the highest mountains in Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago separated from the southernmost tip of the South American mainland by the Strait of Magellan. The southern point of the archipelago forms Cape Horn....
, with elevations reaching over 2,000 m; The ice field of the Cordillera Darwin covers an area greter than 2300 square kilometers. The Darwin Range extends in a west-east direction from the Monte Sarmiento
Monte Sarmiento

Monte Sarmiento is a pyramidal peak with a glaciated saddle-shaped summit located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile. It rises abruptly from the east shore of the Magdalena Channel and marks the western border of the Cordillera Darwin....
 (located in the vicinity of Magdalena Channel
Magdalena Channel

Magdalena Channel is a Chilean channel joining the Strait of Magellan with Cockburn Channel and is part of a major navigation route which ultimately connects with the Beagle Channel....
) to Yendegaia valley. It is bounded by the Almirantazgo Fjord
Almirantazgo Fjord

Almirantazgo Fjord, also known as Almirantazgo Sound , is a Chilean fjord cutting deeply into the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The fjord is a southeastern projection of Canal Whiteside, which separates the just mentioned island from Dawson Island....
 on the north and the Beagle Channel
Beagle Channel

The Beagle Channel is a strait separating islands of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, in extreme southern South America. It separates Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from the islands Picton, Lennox and Nueva, Navarino Island, Hoste Island, Londonderry Island, Stewart Islands and other smaller to the south....
 on the south. The range is named after Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin Royal Society was an English people natural history who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolution over time from common descent, through the process he called natural selection....
 and is the most important feature of Alberto de Agostini National Park
Alberto de Agostini National Park

Alberto de Agostini National Park is located in the Chilean part of Tierra del Fuego. It covers 14,600 km? and includes the Cordillera Darwin. The park is named after Alberto Mar?a de Agostini, who was an Italian missionary and explorer....
, which includes a number of well known glaciers including the Marinelli Glacier
Marinelli Glacier

Marinelli Glacier is a tidewater glacier located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The glacier spills out from the backbone of the Cordillera Darwin and calves into Ainsworth Bay, Chile, an embayment of the Almirantazgo Fjord....
, which is now under prolonged retreat as of 2008.

Major peaks

  • Monte Darwin
  • Monte Sarmiento
    Monte Sarmiento

    Monte Sarmiento is a pyramidal peak with a glaciated saddle-shaped summit located in Alberto de Agostini National Park, Chile. It rises abruptly from the east shore of the Magdalena Channel and marks the western border of the Cordillera Darwin....
  • Monte Italia
  • Monte Bove
  • Monte Roncagli
  • Monte Luis de Saboya
  • Monte Della Vedova
  • Monte Buckland


See also

  • Ainsworth Bay, Chile
    Ainsworth Bay, Chile

    Ainsworth Bay in the Tierra del Fuego region of Chile is a coastal inlet fed by the meltwater of Marinelli Glacier. The Marinelli Glacier is in a state of retreat....


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