[1] It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Fagnano, in the southern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.

It is the third largest settlement on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego after Ushuaia and Río Grande.

The bakery's walls are lined with autographed photographs of Argentine celebrities who have visited the town over the decades.

[3] In 2014, Tolhuin was the site of an attack on the film crew of the BBC TV program Top Gear.

The crew was confronted by what the presenters called "a mob", who blocked off the road access and began to pelt their cars with stones in a protest over the license plate (H982 FKL) on programme presenter Jeremy Clarkson's Porsche 928 that politicians and army veterans suggested could be seen to refer to the Falklands War.