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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.
List of islands of South America. A composite satellite photograph of South America in orthographic projection. The following are lists of the islands of South America by country.
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.
Tierra del Fuego (/ t i ˈ ɛər ə d ɛ l ˈ f w eɪ ɡ oʊ /, Spanish: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
8 lis 2023 · Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Let’s adventure to the ends of the continent! Argentina’s ‘Land of the Fire’ is the southernmost, coldest tip of the region, making it amongst the most brutal of the islands in South America.
Tierra del Fuego, archipelago, at the southern extremity of South America. In shape the main island, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan, is a triangle with its base on Beagle Channel.
10 sie 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.
