Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. It marks both the northern boundary of the Drake Passage and where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet.

2025年3月1日 · 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.

2017年12月24日 · Before the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, Cape Horn was a place that gave mariners nightmares. The waters off this rocky point, at the southern tip of Chile’s Tierra del Fuego peninsula, pose a perfect storm of hazards.

2024年12月31日 · Consider Cape Horn, an imposing black coloured lonely lump of rock. 425 metres high, 12 km² at the end of the world, swept by violent storms. All in all a very hostile, lonely area to work at.

2020年8月10日 · Cape Horn is infamous for being extremely treacherous both as a landing point, and an area to sail around. Long established as the solitary route around South America, it was a necessary risk for many early explorers, and the only way …

Since its discovery by the Dutch mariners Jacques Le Maire and Willem Corneliszoon Schouten in 1616, Cape Horn has become known as the graveyard of ships. Its precise geographical …

Cabo de Hornos National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional Cabo de Hornos, lit. Cape Horn National Park) is the world's southernmost national park. It's found in the Magallanes Region of Chilean Patagonia and contains the southernmost point …

Cape Horn is widely considered to be the most southerly point of South America, and marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage; for centuries it has been regarded as a major milestone by which sailing ships carrying trade goods around the world marked their passage.

Cape Horn (Dutch: Kaap Hoorn; Spanish: Cabo de Hornos) is a cape. It was named for the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands. It is the southernmost land area of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile. Many people see Cape Horn as the southern tip of South America. Cape Horn is the most southerly of the great capes.

2016年12月5日 · Learn about the history of the headland at the "End of the Earth" with our potted history, guide to visiting and Cape Horn map.