Dientes de Navarino

Dientes de Navarino (Teeth of Navarino in English) are a mountain range in Navarino Island, Chile, located just south of Puerto Williams, along the Beagle Channel coast. They are named for the jagged pinnacles which resemble teeth.

Dientes de Navarino
View of Dientes de Navarino from Cerro Bandera on February 14 (summer), 2016
Highest point
Peak	Pico Navarino
Elevation	1,195 m (3,921 ft)
Dimensions
Length	30 km (19 mi) north-south
Geography
Country	Chile
Region	Magallanes
Range coordinates	55°1′S 67°39′W
Parent range	Andes

There is a rough hiking circuit around the range. Depending on weather conditions the trek takes 5 to 7 days. The trail was first set out in the 1990s by the Australian climber and author Clem Lindenmayer. The route passes peaks known as Cerro Clem and Montes Lindenmayer, that in 2001 the Chilean Ministry of Natural Resources named in his honour.^[1] Lindenmayer was the author of the Lonely Planet guide Trekking in the Patagonian Andes.^[2]

In the 1940s the Argentine government released beavers on to Tierra del Fuego in the hope of starting a prosperous fur trade. With no natural predators, the beavers quickly spread. The forests around the Dientes de Navarino mountains have no natural defences to beavers and so, have suffered severely. Many of the lake shores surrounding the mountains have been stripped of trees.^[3]

See also

• Martial Mountains
• Cordillera Darwin
• Marinelli Glacier

References

1. "Dientes de Navarino Trekking Circuit | Isla Navarino - Patagonia". 15 May 2020.
2. Lindenmayer, C.(2003) Trekking in the Patagonian Andes Lonely Planet ISBN 978-1-86450-059-2 p. 257
3. "Argentina brought beavers to Tierra del Fuego. It was not a good idea". 27 July 2019.