Hardy Peninsula Explained

Peninsula Hardy
Map:	Chile
Country:	Chile
Coordinates:	-55.5°N -80°W

Peninsula Hardy (sometimes called "Pen Hardy") is a peninsula at one of the most southerly extremes of South America. It is the southern landform which extends into the Drake Passage to make the Bahia Nassau. It is part of a large island called Hoste, next to Isla Navarino and Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It is located in the Commune of Cabo de Hornos, belonging to the Antártica Chilena Province of the Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. False Cape Horn is located at the southern tip of this peninsula.^[1]

Peninsula Hardy forms the transition zone of the Hardy Formation, a late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous volcanic arc.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

• 1840, Lophotus nodipennis, a species of Curculionidae (weevils), was collected by Charles Darwin and described by G.R. Waterhouse.^[5]
• 1985, Pratylenchus australis and Eutylenchus fueguensis, two species of Nematoda Tylenchina, were first discovered here.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: PENINSULA HARDY Geography Population Map cities coordinates location - Tageo.com . 2024-04-10 . www.tageo.com.
2. Miller . Christopher A . Barton . Michael . Hanson . Richard E . Fleming . Thomas H . October 1994 . An Early Cretaceous volcanic arc/marginal basin transition zone, Peninsula hardy, southernmost Chile . Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research . en . 63 . 1–2 . 33–58 . 10.1016/0377-0273(94)90017-5.
3. Poblete . F. . Roperch . P. . Arriagada . C. . Ruffet . G. . Ramírez de Arellano . C. . Hervé . F. . Poujol . M. . 8 February 2016 . Late Cretaceous–early Eocene counterclockwise rotation of the Fueguian Andes and evolution of the Patagonia–Antarctic Peninsula system . Tectonophysics . en . 668-669 . 15–34 . 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.11.025.
4. Formación del Oroclino Patagónico y evolución paleogeográfica del sistema Patagonia-Península Antártica . université de Rennes 1 ; Universidad de Chile . 9 September 2015 . PhD . es . Fernando . Poblete.
5. Waterhouse . G.R. . July 1840 . XXXIX.— Description of a new species of the genus Lophotus, from the collection of Charles Darwin, Esq. . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . en . 5 . 32 . 329–332 . 10.1080/00222934009496837 . 0374-5481.
6. Valenzuela-A . A . Raski . DJ . July 1985 . Pratylenchus australis n. sp. and Eutylenchus fueguensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Tylenchina) from southern Chile. . . . 17 . 3 . 330–6 . 2618453 . 19294102 .