Argentina
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
493km²
Area
434km
Coastline
94m
Highest point
5
People
8°C
Warmest sea
February
348km
To the mainland
When to go to Isla de los Estados
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in February (8 °C) and coolest in August (6 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Argentina
Isla de los Estados is an island in Argentina. It covers 493 km², with 434 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 94 m. About 5 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 348 km away.
Getting there
- Gobernador Ramón Trejo Noel International Airport (RGA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 253 km in a straight lineCar hire at RGA airport (Rio Grande)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 348 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Isla de los Estados.
- 6beaches
- 1lighthousesFaro de San Juan de Salvamento
- 46named peaksMonte Bove, Monte Spegazzini, Monte Torre and 43 more
- 1waterfalls
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Isla de los Estados in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Isla de los Estados, each with its own numbers.
2beaches and covesCoastya
1lakeLakeyas
Largest lake
2.0km²
Lago Lovisato
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
10.8°C
Lago Lovisato
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
8.4°C
Caleta Cinco de Enero
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
2 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Caleta Refugiocove8.2°C
- Caleta Cinco de Enerocove8.4°C
1 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Lago Lovisato2.0km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 201 m above the sea. 56 % of it is below 200 m.
- 14 %0–50 m
- 42 %50–200 m
- 42 %200–500 m
- 3 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Night low (°C) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Sea (°C) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 96 | 84 | 96 | 84 | 74 | 73 | 64 | 66 | 56 | 55 | 78 | 76 |
| Wet days | 22 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 6.7 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| Wind (km/h) | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 29 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.4 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 |
| 2021 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | −0.1 | −0.2 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | −0.4 | −0.3 | −0.4 | +0.1 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | −0.2 | −0.1 | +0.5 | +0.4 | −0.2 | −0.3 | +0.2 | −0.4 | −0.5 |
| 2024 | −0.4 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.2 | −0.6 | −0.5 | −0.3 | +0.1 | +0.6 | −0.5 | +0.1 | +0.2 |
| 2025 | +0.5 | −0.3 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.1 | ±0.0 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q492520) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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