Isla de los Estados

Also known as Staten Island

island in Argentina

Key facts

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Area: 534 km (206 sq mi)
Length: 65 km (40.4 mi)
Width: 15 km (9.3 mi)
Highest elevation: 823 m (2700 ft)
Province: Tierra del Fuego

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Image: Baie Cook, Île des États.jpg

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Lighthouse San Juan del Salvamento in the east (1898)

Isla de los Estados, also known in English as Staten Island, is an Argentine island that lies 29 kilometres (18 mi; 16 nmi) off the eastern extremity of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by the Le Maire Strait. The island is part of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, and of the department and city of Ushuaia. It has been declared an "Ecological, Historic, and Tourist Provincial Reserve" ("Reserva provincial ecológica, histórica y turística"), with access limited to tours from Ushuaia.