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===Geology=== The island's [[formation (geology)|Formation]] is mainly [[Jurassic]] Lemaire , which is [[tuff]]s and [[lava]]s. The ''Islas Año Nuevo'', ''Isla Observatoria'', and the ''Caleta Lacroix'' region on the west coast, however, have exposures of the Jurassic-[[Cretaceous]] Beauvoir Formation, mainly composed of [[shale]]s, [[mudstone]]s, [[limestone]]s, and [[graywacke]], plus silt, clay, sand and gravel glacial [[fluvial processes|fluvial deposits]]. There are at least 18 [[fjord]]s, with associated glacial sediments such as [[moraine]]s and [[till]], especially prevalent at Cape San Antonio and Cape Colnett on the north coast. Key fjords on the north coast include Port Hoppner, Port Parry, Port Basil Hall, Port Año Nuevo, Port Cook, and Port San Juan Del Salvamento going east to west. Key fjords on the south coast include ''Bahía Capitan Cánepa'', Port Lobo, Port Vancouver, and ''Bahía Blossom'', going east to west. Cape Kempe on the south coast lies opposite Cape San Antonio.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ponce |first1=Juan Federico |last2=Rabassa |first2=Jorge |last3=Martinez |first3=Oscar A. |title=Morfometria y Genesis De Los Fiordos De Isla De Los Estados, Tierra Del Fuego |journal=Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina |date=2009 |volume=65 |issue=4 |pages=638–647 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257367035 |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moller |first1=Per |last2=Hjort |first2=Christian |last3=Bjorck |first3=Svante |last4=Rabassa |first4=Jorge |last5=Ponce |first5=Juan Federico |title=Late Quaternary glaciation history of Isla de los Estados, southeasternmost South America |journal=Quaternary Research |date=2010 |volume=73 |issue=3 |pages=521–534 |citeseerx=10.1.1.724.8222 |doi=10.1016/j.yqres.2010.02.004 |bibcode=2010QuRes..73..521M |s2cid=128947586 }}</ref> [[File:Estados.png|center|thumb|600px|Landsat Geocover 2000 image of Isla de los Estados, with Tierra del Fuego at the left]] {{Clear|left}}
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