Horn Of South America. Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America Stock Photo Alamy False Cape Horn (Falso Cabo de Hornos), on Hoste Island, 35 miles (56 km) northwest, is sometimes mistaken for it. It marks the north edge of the Drake Passage, the strait between South America and Antarctica.The dividing line between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans runs along the meridian of Cape Horn, from.
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The 400th anniversary of the discovery of Cape Horn was celebrated with a parade of sails around Hornos Island, where the cape is located, in 2016; going around Cape Horn is now the most popular route for cruises in South America 1520: Portuguese Captain, Ferdinand Magellan and his crew are the first to sail through the Strait of Magellan, the body of water that separates continental South America from Tierra del Fuego
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As ships got larger, they could not navigate the Magellan Strait and had to risk "rounding the Horn," a phrase that has acquired almost mythical status Chile, in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the bottom of South America Cape Horn exhibits the perfect storm of dangers for mariners
The Beauty of Chile Scenic Cruising Around Cape Horn, Southernmost Tip of South America. Stock. Key moments in the history of Cape Horn, South America Many people see Cape Horn as the southern tip of South America
Cape Horn Lighthouse, Cape Horn Chile. The lonely lighthouse on Cape Horn at the Southern tip of. False Cape Horn (Falso Cabo de Hornos), on Hoste Island, 35 miles (56 km) northwest, is sometimes mistaken for it. Cape Horn National Park is located at the southern tip of South America