This native region of the Tehuelche and Yaghan peoples is also the site of Torres del Paine National Park and the cities of Rawson and Ushuaia.
Fauna unique to this region include the llama-like guanaco, the ostrich-like Darwin's rhea, and a rodent called the tuco-tuco. The Conquest of the Desert pacified native tribes of this region during the 1870s. Antonio Pigafetta wrote in his log that this region was inhabited by a race of namesake giant people ten feet tall. This native region of the Tehuelche and Yaghan peoples is also the site of Torres del Paine National Park and the cities of Rawson and Ushuaia. The Strait of Magellan offers a shortcut through this region, bypassing its southernmost tip, Cape Horn. For 10 points, name this famously cold and windy region of southern Argentina.
Fauna unique to this region include the llama-like guanaco, the ostrich-like Darwin's rhea, and a rodent called the tuco-tuco.
Patagonia [prompt on Tierra del Fuego; prompt on Argentina]