Haiyuwel

Haiyuwel lies on the northern shore of Tierra del Fuego, near the second narrows of the Strait of Magellan. In 1520 the ships of Magellan's expedition saw fires on the land south of the strait. The island was home to the Selk'nam, whose northern families hunted guanaco and made shelters with poles and hides. Across the water at Cape Gregory, Aónikenk riders met French sailors in 1766 and exchanged cloaks and ornaments for European goods.