2006-09-07 09:58:04 · 4 answers · asked by sara c 1 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
CAPE HORN (Span. Cabo de Hornos), promontory,
South Chile, in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, on Horn Island.
It marks the southernmost point of South America and extends into Drake Passage, the antarctic strait connecting the South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans.
The rocky terrain of the cape rises to a height of 424 m (1391 ft). Storms,
strong currents, and icebergs make passage around the cape extremely hazardous.
During the time of sailing ships, hundreds of vessels were wrecked while "rounding the horn."
The Dutch navigator Willem Cornelis Schouten, the first to sail around the cape (1616), named it for his birthplace, Hoorn, Netherlands.
2006-09-07 11:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a depression about 65 miles from Little America, Antarctica, relatively near the South Pole. B.
2006-09-07 17:02:11 · answer #2 · answered by Brian M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
??? The south pole. Or do you mean the southernmost city or land mass in the world? This would be Ushuaia in "Terra del fuego"
2006-09-07 17:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by Olivier P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
United States is Key West, Flordia !!!
World - no clue !! Sorry
2006-09-07 17:06:34 · answer #4 · answered by Nanniekc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋