The coast of Bahia Inutil (Useless Bay) is an insight of the pampa lying ahead, covering the North of the Tierra del Fuego Island, non-adverted, though, to those who approach it.
We tend to deprive ourselves of the privilege of admiring it, as for most this landscape is one for mere transit, a scenery that serves as company for the journey from Porvenir towards the south of the Island.
Useless from a functional perspective, the name is attributed to Captain Phillip Parker King, who documented the inadequacy of the Bay for anchoring, refuge, or any other use for the sailor due to its persistently shallow depth.
However, who really owns the toponymy of the territories? For the Selk'nam, Bahía Inútil (Useless Bay) was probably a vital source of food, a paradise for shellfish, so the concept of useless would be quite ungrateful and criminal at best.
Today for us it is a mostly transit landscape, for some fishermen a productive landscape and for the Selk'nam it was a habitable landscape.
Georeading
Los acantilados son una obra ingenieril, tallada por los dedos de las olas, que son blandos y aparentemente inofensivos, pero incansables estallan con cada marejada sobre la roca blanda de la costa.
En los lugares con exposición Oeste, las olas erodan la base de la pared rocosa, y al paso de miles de años, ésta cede, desprendiéndose desde arriba.
Así la Tierra se despoja de sí misma, y los restos se los lleva el mar, los recicla en sus entrañas, y comienza de nuevo a cavar, reclamando las arenas de antiguas playas que forman el acantilado, las que alguna vez le pertenecieron.
