The island has recreational and historical value because the Luís Piedra Buena Commander, who was a supporter of the Argentine sovereignty over Patagonia.
You can see in the field the standing fossil trees in the exactly same place where they were fossilized for over more than 90 million years ago.
The seaside village Rada Tilly is located 14 km south of Comodoro Rivadavia on the Atlantic coast. It was born as a summer holiday village but at the present time is continuously inhabited.