Ushuaia - Ushuaia (English spelling)

Japanese: ウスワイア - うすわいあ(英語表記)Ushuaia
Ushuaia - Ushuaia (English spelling)

A town on Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of Argentina. Facing the Beagle Channel, it is known as the southernmost city in the world (54°49' south latitude). The metropolitan population is 45,064 (2001). It is the center of sheep farming, and has sawmills and fish canneries, and is also an important port. Due to the Falklands War in 1982 and the territorial dispute with Chile over three islands in the Beagle Channel, its role as a military base was emphasized.

[Keiko Imai]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アルゼンチン南端のフエゴ島にある町。ビーグル海峡に面し、世界最南端の都市(南緯54度49分)として知られる。都市圏人口4万5064(2001)。牧羊業の中心地で、製材工場、魚類の缶詰工場があり、港としても重要である。1982年のフォークランド紛争や、ビーグル海峡3島のチリとの領土紛争のため、軍事基地としての役割が重視された。

[今井圭子]

出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Wusong - Gosho

>>:  Ussuriysk (English spelling) Ussuriysk

Recommend

Alaya-vijnana - Alaya-vijnana

…An'ye's theory is called "formless ...

Survivors - Imin

〘 noun 〙 People who have survived from the time of...

Fables and Tales - Guuwa and Stories

…He remained single due to his poor health, but h...

Prehistoric Times

…the new part of the Stone Age. It began when Lor...

Trichophyton rubrum

...Dermatophytosis is mainly caused by infection ...

Social worker

A social worker is a specialist who has received a...

Chitragupta

… Yama, the Indian god of death, governs the unde...

Appeal - Sogan

The previous term for the act of requesting a spe...

Musophagidae

…A general term for birds belonging to the Musoph...

Lilas

…Lilas, or lilas in French, is a deciduous shrub ...

Nishiura [Hot Spring] - Nishiura

A hot spring in the west of Gamagori City, Aichi P...

Physiocracy - English spelling: physiocracy

Physiocracy refers to economic theories and polic...

Hybrid cell

…In addition to cancer research and virology, oth...

Uranoscopus japonicus - Uranoscopus japonicus

This marine fish (illustration) belongs to the fam...

Penile cancer

A type of skin cancer that develops on the penis, ...