Kazakh vehicle registration plate spotted at the ‘end of the world’

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A Kazakhstani vehicle registration plate was spotted in the «end of the world» — the world’s southernmost city of Ushuaia, Argentina.

A tourist from Almaty shared on Threads that she arrived in the city and noticed a familiar vehicle registration plate on a wall of a local shop. The plate was issued in Kazakhstan, precisely the Abai region (18th region).

Ushuaia is considered the world’s southernmost city and is a point of departure for expeditions to Antarctica, located around 1,000 kilometers from the continent. The city lies roughly 17,800 kilometers from Kazakhstan, thus the find surprised the woman.

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«You know what I saw on a wall of the shop? Please, find the owner and show them this,» the tourist wrote in a post.

Netizens in the comment section indeed embarked on researching the plate’s origin. User nicknamed @oscardjan found out that the plate was issued for a 2023 Hyundai Palisade, registered on May 23 of the same year.

The mystery was solved later when @sekojanooo commented that the plate was of his father.

«Hello, this is my dad. He circumnavigated and left his car’s plate in Ushuaia as a keepsake. He comes from Semey,» the user wrote.