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.

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.

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.

2020年8月10日 · 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.

2021年10月4日 · Cape Horn is located on Hornos Island in Chile's Tierra del Fuego region, and is the point where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet. In the 19th century, clipper ships sailed around this part of the world on voyages between Europe and Asia, though frequent storms in the region have left a scattered trail of more than 800 sunken ships and ...

Cape Horn, located at the southern tip of South America, has gained legendary notoriety due to its unique navigational hazard. This iconic geographic point has witnessed extreme challenges that have baffled mariners for centuries.

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 …

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.

3 天之前 · The strength of the Cape-Horn Current, as traced in the sediment cores, varies with sea surface temperature in the Eastern South Pacific. Changes in this current are also associated with North ...

The famous Cape Horn (“Cabo de Hornos”) is in Chilean territory and named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands (actually named “Kaap Hoorn” by the Dutch, then referred to as Cape Horn by the English). It is the southernmost point of the “Tierra del Fuego” archipelago and of …