La construcción territorial de cabezas de puente antárticas rivales: Ushuaia (Argentina) y Punta Arenas (Chile)

• Main Author: Guyot, Sylvain
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA): Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Instituto de Geografía 2013
• Subjects: Puerta de entrada; Cabeza de puente; Ushuaia; Punta Arenas; Antártida; Porta de entrada; Cabeça-de-ponte; Antártica; Gateway; Bridgehead; Antarctica; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Argentina; Entrada; Cabeza; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4698103

The territorial making of rival Antarctic gateways: Ushuaia (Argentina) and Punta Arenas (Chile). Ushuaia and Punta Arenas are the southernmost cities in their belonging countries, Argentina and Chile. They have played the role of frontier towns in the process of consolidation and legitimation of th...