Actual arrival: January 21, 2010
Actual departure: January 22, 2010
Actual arrival: January 24, 2010
Actual departure: January 27, 2010
Puerto Williams is located on Isla Navarino and is the capital of the Chilean Antarctic Province. The port, which primarily serves as a naval base, is a departure point for private and charter trips to the Cape Horn and the Antarctic Peninsula. Residents of Puerto Williams claim that theirs is the southern most city on the world, although their neighbors in Ushuaia, across Beagle Bay contest this.
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Let’s go Chile: http://www.letsgochile.com/locations/patagonial/magallanes-xii/puerto-williams
Although the Chileans and Argentinians are frequently at odds, many try to resolve the question of southern most by saying Ushuaia is the southern most “city’ and Puerto Williams is the southern most “town” as the latter is, indeed, much smaller. Puerto Toro, around the corner of Navarino Island, is the southern most “settlement” (a fishing village with a chapel and community center)…