Cape Horn

n (Placename) a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Also called: the Horn

Cape′ Horn′

n. a headland on a small island at the S extremity of South America: belongs to Chile.

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Noun

Cape Horn - a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)Chile, Republic of Chile - a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast

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Capo Horn

Cape Horn

Horn, Cape,

headland, 1,391 ft (424 m) high, S Chile, southernmost point of South America, in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. It was discovered and first rounded by Willem Schouten, the Dutch navigator, on Jan. 29, 1616, and named for Hoorn in the Netherlands. Lashing storms and strong currents made "rounding the Horn" one of the great hazards of sailing-ship days. With its cold and windy climate, it is still a formidable challenge to navigation.

Cape Horn

a rocky headland on an island at the extreme S tip of South America, belonging to Chile. It is notorious for gales and heavy seas; until the building of the Panama Canal it lay on the only sea route between the Atlantic and the Pacific

Cape Horn

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noun a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)

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Chile
Republic of Chile

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