page_title: Tierra del Fuego National Park
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tierra del Fuego National Park / History
caption_attribution_description: The Illustrated Origin of Species English: HMS Beagle at Tierra del Fuego (painted by Conrad Martens). HMS Beagle in the seaways of Tierra del Fuego, painting by Conrad Martens during the voyage of the Beagle (1831-1836), from The Illustrated Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, abridged and illustrated by Richard Leakey ISBN 0-571-14586-8. Italiano: La Beagle salutata dagli indigeni durante l'esplorazione della Terra del Fuoco. Dipinto di Conrad Martens che divenne artista di bordo nel 1833. Français&#160;: Le HMS Beagle dans les eaux de la Terre de Feu, peinture de Conrad Martens réalisé durant Le Voyage du Beagle (1831-1836), provenant de The Illustrated Origin of Species de Charles Darwin illustré par Richard Leakey, ISBN 0-571-14586-8
context_page_description: Tierra del Fuego National Park is a national park on the Argentine part of the island of Tierra del Fuego, within Tierra del Fuego Province in the ecoregion of Patagonic Forest and Altos Andes, a part of the subantarctic forest. Established on 15 October 1960 under the Law 15.554 and expanded in 1966, it was the first shoreline national park to be established in Argentina.
  The park has dramatic scenery, with waterfalls, forests, mountains and glaciers. Its 630 km² include parts of the Fagnano and Roca lakes. The Senda Costera, connecting Ensenada Bay to Lapataia Bay on Lago Roca, is a popular hiking trail within the park. Forests of Antarctic beech, lenga beech and coihue in the lower elevations of the park are home to many animal species. There are 20 species of terrestrial mammals, including the guanaco, Andean fox, North American beaver, European rabbit and muskrat. Among the 90 species of birds are the kelp goose, torrent duck, austral parakeet, Andean condor, blackish oystercatcher, and Magellanic oystercatcher.
  The southernmost national park in Argentina, it is listed as an IUCN category II park.
caption: Period impression of HMS Beagle navigating along Tierra del Fuego, 1833
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