Most people who hear about the End of the World Lighthouse in Ushuaia immediately associate it with the image of the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse in the archipelago that bears the same name. This lighthouse is a popular tourist point of interest in Ushuaia, almost an icon of the city, and many people believe that it is the Lighthouse at the End of the World that appears in the famous novel by Jules Verne. However, the reality is that the true lighthouse at the End of the World that this author refers to is the San Juan de Salvamento Lighthouse.<\/span><\/p>\n There are those who are inclined to establish the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse as the Lighthouse of the End of the World since it is recognized in this way at a tourist level and there are also those who make the clarification that the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse is the \u201cmisnamed\u201d Lighthouse of the End of the world. Below we share the true story of both lighthouses so you can take your own stance in this lighthouse duel.<\/span><\/p>\n The lighthouse was inaugurated on May 25, 1884 by Marine Colonel Don Augusto Lasserre. The construction of the \u201cSan Juan de Salvamento\u201d lighthouse was recognized as the first act of exercise of sovereignty by Argentina in the region of southern Patagonia after the boundary treaty with Chile in 1881.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the archive of the Maritime Museum of Ushuaia, the place selected for its original construction was northeast of the Island of the States, where they also built a Sub Prefecture detachment, a rescue station, a stone dock and also an incipient military prison. . The construction of these buildings was carried out by imprisoned carpenters who later returned to Ushuaia.<\/span><\/p>\n It was created to guide ships sailing around Cape Horn. In its time, this lighthouse was considered one of the most dangerous in the world due to its location in an area of \u200b\u200bstrong currents and winds. And unfortunately its history is linked to shipwrecks and other misfortunes.<\/span><\/p>\n According to research, the location of the lighthouse with its dim light of a real range of no more than 7 miles was not advisable to locate during navigation in such a challenging area where wind and storms abound.<\/span><\/p>\n Jules Verne was inspired by this lighthouse for his novel “The Lighthouse at the End of the World”, published in 1905. In the novel, Verne describes a lighthouse at the southern tip of South America that marks the end of the known world. The story is set in 1861, when the lighthouse was one of the most isolated and dangerous in the world. Although the lighthouse in the novel is fictional, Verne was inspired by the San Juan de Salvamento Lighthouse precisely because of the shipwreck stories linked to this southern area of \u200b\u200bthe world.<\/span><\/p>\nSan Juan de Salvamento Lighthouse<\/b><\/h3>\n