The flag was adopted by the provincial government on November 9, 1999, after it was selected as the winning design in a public contest.
[2] The flag of the Tierra del Fuego Province is composed of two roughly triangular fields of orange and blue which are divided by stylized white albatross that stretches from the top hoist to the bottom fly.
The blue field features five white, five-pointed stars tilted to the left, representing the Southern Cross constellation.
[3] The shape of the orange field is a stylized representation of the outline of the Argentine section of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.
[3] The flag of Tierra del Fuego was adopted to represent the entirety of the provincial region, including the Argentine portion of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, and smaller islands in the region.