Ushuaia

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Contents 1 Ushuaia 1.1 Background 1.2 Climate and Weather 1.3 Charts 1.4 Radio Nets 1.5 Routes to/from 1.6 Approach 1.7 Check-in facilities 1.8 Customs & Immigration 1.9 Marinas & Yacht Clubs 1.10 Anchorages 1.11 Health & Security 1.12 Tourism & things to do ashore 1.13 Marine stores 1.14 Offshore Islands 1.15 References & Publications 1.16 Cruiser's Friends 1.17 Forum Discussions 1.18 External Links 1.19 Personal Notes

Ushuaia

Background

Ushuaia was established as a penal settlement in 1883 as part of the Argentinian effort to assert sovereignity over the lands of southern Patagonia. The Presidio Nacional (prison ) closed in 1947 and today the main reason for the city's existence is as a tourist destination and departure point for cruise ships in the Antarctic trade. While can lay claim to being the world's most southern city Puerto Williams remains the world's most southern town and Puerto Toro the most southern civilian settlement. Ushuaia is used as a base by many of the charter yachts working in the south.

Climate and Weather

Ushuaia, being under the lee of the Cordillerra Darwin in western Tierra del Fuego, receives only 56 cm (22 inches) of rainfall each year although, on average, the city experiences 160 rainy days a year. Snowfalls are common in winter and are a regular occurrence in spring, summer and autumn.

Bahía Ushuaia is well sheltered from the prevailing westerlies but is wide open to the east, from whence the wind occasionally blows. Very hard northerlies are not uncommon.

Weather forecast resources:

• Ushuaia forecast

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Radio Nets

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Routes to/from

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Approach

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Check-in facilities

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Customs & Immigration

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Anchorages

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Marine stores

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Offshore Islands

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