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Derivation of name
'''Cape Horn''' is a promontory at the southern tip of [[South America]], located on Isla Hornos, a small island considered to be part of the [[Tierra del Fuego]] archipelago. The fierce storms and raging seas that are a feature of the local environment have made 'rounding the Horn' between the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific]] Oceans a fearsome undertaking for sailors.
'''Cape Horn''' is a promontory at the southern tip of [[South America]], located on Isla Hornos, a small island considered to be part of the [[Tierra del Fuego]] archipelago. The fierce storms and raging seas that are a feature of the local environment have made 'rounding the Horn' between the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific]] Oceans a fearsome undertaking for sailors.
It was named in 1616 after Hoorn, the Dutch home town of [[Willem Cornelisz Schouten]] one of the captains of an expedition looking for a route between the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific]] Oceans without using the treacherous [[Straits of Magellan]].
Cape Horn is part of [[Chile]].
Cape Horn is part of [[Chile]].
[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Geography]]