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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,...
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  • Cape Horn (also Hoorn) is the southernmost headland of South America. Cape Horn may also refer to: Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, located in the extreme...
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    racing. Cape Ann Cape May (Antarctica), McMurdo Sound Cape Horn, Chile Cape Comorin, India Cape Ann, Massachusetts Cape Cod, Massachusetts Cape May, New...
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    False Cape Horn or Falso Cabo de Hornos is a headland at the south end of Hoste Island, 35 statute miles (56 km) northwest of Cape Horn, located at 55°43′37″S...
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    the Cape Horn Captains Brotherhood, the "Cape Horners". Cape Horner may also refer to a ship that has rounded Cape Horn. Balclutha rounded Cape Horn a record...
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    landed at Cape Horn, from an account of the voyage – The World Encompassed – by Drake's nephew in 1628. However, Riesenberg points out that Horn Island lacks...
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    passage, Bligh's sailing orders stated that he was to enter the Pacific via Cape Horn around South America and then, after collecting the breadfruit plants...
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    whaling grounds off the west coast of South America. The route towards Cape Horn was an indirect one dictated by the prevailing winds of the Atlantic Ocean...
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  • The Cape Horn Current is a cold water current that flows west-to-east around Cape Horn caused by the intensification of the West Wind Drift as it rounds...
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    The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn, Chile, Argentina, and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects...
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