Puerto Almanza
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| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Tierra del Fuego |
| Department | Ushuaia |
Puerto Almanza is a fishing village in Tierra del Fuego on the northeastern shore of the Beagle Channel. It is the southernmost settlement of Argentina. The village, like the rest of Tierra del Fuego, is known for its king crab. Crab fishing is the primary economic activity in Puerto Almanza, but tourism is an emerging sector.
Puerto Almanza is located on the northeastern shore of the Beagle Channel, a strait in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, at the southern tip of South America.[1][2] It is situated 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Almirante Brown and nearly opposite to the Chilean village of Puerto Williams.[2] It is the southernmost settlement of Argentina.[3]
History
Puerto Almanza means Port Almanza in Spanish; Almanza was the name of a sawmill that operated in the area in the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
In 1966, the Prefectura Naval Argentina installed a post in the village, where it still stands today.[1]
The first settlers arrived in the 1990s, but it was not until 2001 that the area was settled permanently by a group of fishermen.[1]
