Overview
Puerto Williams is port of entry and major hub for scientific activity linked to Antarctica and the islands south of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The University of Magallanes has a university centre in Puerto Williams and weather stations and lighthouses in Cape Horn and Diego Ramírez Islands are supplied from Puerto Williams. Puerto Williams has been instrumental for asserting sovereignty around Cape Horn and supporting Chile's Antarctic bases. The port is also frequently visited by tourists going to Cape Horn or Antarctica and has a tourism industry developed around the concept of "the world's most southern". The Chilean Navy runs the Guardiamarina Zañartu Airport and hospital as well as nearby meteorological stations. Puerto Williams also serves as provision and service centre for fishermen and has and is also used by the Chilean navy to enforce the Chile's fishing rights in the Exclusive economic zone around the southern part of Tierra del Fuego where lucrative lithodes santolla fishing is an important industry.
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