What is Diego Ramírez Islands?
[[File:Dramirez map.png|thumb|right|A map of the islands]] The '''Diego Ramírez Islands''' are a group of [[island]]s. They are in the [[Drake Passage]], about 100&nbsp;km southwest of [[Cape Horn]]. The [[Ildefonso Islands]] are 93&nbsp;km to the north-northwest. There is a group of 6 islands to the north, then there is a waterway of 3&nbsp;km, then there is another group to the south. There is a weather station in one of the islands. The islands are an important nesting place for [[bird]]s. The islands belong to [[Chile]], and are named after [[Diego Ramírez]].<ref>Dingwall, P.R., ed. (1995). ''Progress in Conservation of the Subantarctic Islands'', p. 107. The World Conservation Union. {{ISBN|2831702577}}.</ref> They were first sighted on 12 February 1619 by [[Marco Ramirez]] of the [[Garcia de Nodal expedition]], and named after the [[cosmographer]] of the expedition. They were the southernmost landmass known at the time.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.melfisher.org/pdf/Juan_Nunez_de_Nodal_Will.pdf|title=Last Will and Testament of Juan Nunez de Nodal aboard the Nuestra Senora de Atocha|author=Corey Malcolm|journal=Navigator: Newsletter of the Mel Fischer Maritime Society|volume=24|issue=3|access-date=2010-03-22|archive-date=2015-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421051816/http://www.melfisher.org/pdf/Juan_Nunez_de_Nodal_Will.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> They kept this status for 156 years. In 1775, [[James Cook]] discovered the [[South Sandwich Islands]], which are much farther south. The [[Chilean Navy]] built a [[meteorological station]] above ''Caleta Condell'', a small cove on the northeast side of ''Isla Gonzalo'' (Gonzalo Island), in [[1957]], and resupply it several times each year.<ref>Dingwall (1995), p. 109.</ref> This is the southernmost manned outpost of South America (including islands), even if the South Sandwich Islands are regarded as part of South America. The [[Argentina|Argentinian]] station on [[Thule Island]] was taken down in June 1982 after the [[Falklands War]]. T