The shores of Lapataia Bay
The U shaped valleys created by glaciers were much more evident from the channel, since it gives a better perspective on the overall shape of the mountains. When in the valleys, it is often difficult to ignore the local perturbations in the terrain and see the overall U-shaped nature of things.
Looking back at Lapataia Bay from the channel
Once we had left Lapataia Bay and moved farther out into the Beagle Channel, we encountered an archipelago of small, rocky islands. Many of these were inhabited by active crowds of sea birds.
Rocky islands in the Beagle Channel near Ushuaia