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29 Μαρ 2021 · Located on Hornos Island, Cape Horn is the southernmost steep, rocky headland of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago in the southern part of Chile. Cape Horn marks the meeting point of the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, as well as the northernmost edge of the Drake Passage.
Cape Horn, steep rocky headland on Hornos Island, Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, southern Chile. Located off the southern tip of mainland South America, it was named Hoorn for the birthplace of the Dutch navigator Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, who rounded it in 1616.
Cape Horn is located on Hornos Island in the Hermite Islands group, at the southern end of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It marks the north edge of the Drake Passage, the strait between South America and Antarctica. [ 3 ][ 4 ] It is located in Cabo de Hornos National Park.
10 Αυγ 2020 · The southern tip of South America is known as Cape Horn. Cape Horn is infamous for being extremely treacherous both as a landing point, and an area to sail around. Cape Horn was named when it was first rounded by Dutchman Willem Schouten in 1616.
Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America, Cape Horn marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage and marks where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet. Wikipedia. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cape Horn is the southernmost point of land closely associated with South America; it is located on Isla Hornos in the Hermite Islands group, at the southern end of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. It marks the north edge of the Drake Passage, the strait between South America and Antarctica.
Cape Horn (55°58′ S, 67°16′ W) At this spot the Atlantic and Pacific oceans meet, often in a confrontation. No land to the east, none to the west—winds sweep all the way around the world from the west.
