Cape Horn In South America

Cape Horn In South America. Where Is Cape Horn? WorldAtlas Situated off the southern tip of mainland South America, Cape Horn was named after the birthplace of Dutch navigator Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, who rounded it in 1616. Key moments in the history of Cape Horn, South America

It was named for the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands Cape Horn was named when it was first rounded by Dutchman Willem Schouten in 1616

Cape Horn at the far southern end of South America, in the islands of Cape Horn National Park

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 Cape Horn (Spanish: Cabo de Hornos, pronounced [ˈkaβo ðe ˈoɾnos]) 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 (which is Águila Islet), Cape Horn marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage and marks where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet. Cape Horn is the most southerly of the great capes

Lighthouse at Cape Horn, Patagonia, Chile, South America Stock Photo Alamy. Cape Horn, the headland situated at 55°58′ south and 67°16′ west at the very end of South America, is perhaps best summed up by the old maritime adage: "Below 40 degrees latitude, there is no law Cape Horn (Dutch: Kaap Hoorn; Spanish: Cabo de Hornos) is a cape

Cape Horn, Chile, South America Stock Photo Alamy. Cape Horn 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. It is the southernmost land area of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile