Les Eclaireurs lighthouse
In red and white bands.
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The Beagle Channel is a sea strait separating the main island of Tierra del Fuego from the islands to its south, with the border between Argentina and Chile running along it; it is named after HMS Beagle, the British ship that sailed it in the 19th century with Charles Darwin aboard on her second voyage. Ushuaia sits on its northern shore between the water and snow-capped mountains. Boat trips leave from Ushuaia's tourist pier, passing rocky islets with sea lions and cormorants, out to Les Eclaireurs lighthouse: a small brick tower 11 metres high in red and white bands, in service since 23 December 1920. Argentines call it the Lighthouse at the End of the World, though the lighthouse Jules Verne wrote about lies much further east. The short trip takes about two and a half hours, and longer ones reach a penguin island in summer. The wind on the channel is strong and cold, so dress warmly; the lighthouse is seen from the boat only, with no landing.
In red and white bands.
On the rocky islets.
Between sea and mountains.
In front of Ushuaia; trips from the tourist pier
Yes, in the southern summer, roughly October to March, on boat trips longer than the lighthouse trip that reach a penguin island; book ahead.