NASA Photo ID: STS048-77-030       File Name: 10065060.jpg
  Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South America
  Description:
  The Mitre Peninsula is the easternmost tip of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, 
  (54.5S, 65.5W).  Early winter snow can be seen on this south tip of the
  Andes  Mountains.  These same mountains continue underwater to Antarctica. 
  The  Strait of Magellan, separating the South American mainland from Tierra
  del  Fuego is off the scene to the north and west, but the Strait of
  LeMaire,  separating Tierra del Fuego from the Isla de los Estados can be
  seen.                  
  Subject terms:
  ANDES MOUNTAINS (SOUTH AMERICA)         
  ARGENTINA                               
  ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  MOUNTAINS                               
  OCEANS                                  
  PENINSULAS                              
  SOUTH AMERICA                           
  STRAITS                                 
  STS-48                                  
  

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