Cape Horn

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geographical feature headland maritime landmark

Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in Chile, historically notorious as a major maritime landmark where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet under extremely hazardous sailing conditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cape Horn canonical	23
Cabo de Hornos	1
Cape Horn (southern extreme of continental Chilean territory)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ headland ⓘ maritime landmark ⓘ
approximateLatitude	56 degrees south ⓘ
associatedWith	clipper ships ⓘ round-the-world voyages ⓘ tall ship sailing ⓘ
climate	cold oceanic climate ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
discoveredBy	Jacob Le Maire ⓘ Willem Schouten ⓘ
discoveryYear	1616 ⓘ
eraOfPeakUse	19th century ⓘ
extremeLatitudeFeature	one of the southernmost points of South America ⓘ
historicalRole	key waypoint for sailing ships between Europe and the Pacific ⓘ major obstacle on clipper routes ⓘ
isPartOf	Cabo de Hornos National Park ⓘ surface form: Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve
knownFor	extremely hazardous sailing conditions ⓘ icebergs ⓘ large waves ⓘ strong ocean currents ⓘ strong winds ⓘ
locatedIn	Drake Passage ⓘ South America ⓘ Tierra del Fuego region ⓘ surface form: Tierra del Fuego archipelago southern Chile ⓘ
locatedOn	Hornos Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
marineEcosystem	sub-Antarctic marine environment ⓘ
namedAfter	Hoorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
navigationalHazard	frequent storms ⓘ poor visibility ⓘ rogue waves ⓘ
navigationAlternativeReplacedBy	Panama Canal ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Beagle Channel ⓘ Strait of Magellan ⓘ
oceanBorder	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Cabo de Hornos commune ⓘ Magallanes Region (historically) ⓘ surface form: Magallanes Region
protectedStatus	Biosphere Reserve ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (surrounding area)
seaRouteImportance	major historical shipping route between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ⓘ
seaState	frequent heavy seas ⓘ
separates	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
spanishName	Cape Horn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cabo de Hornos
windPattern	westerlies ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Horn Archipelago → hasPart → Cape Horn ⓘ

Cabo de Hornos commune → includes → Cape Horn ⓘ

Cabo de Hornos commune → namedAfter → Cape Horn ⓘ

Dientes de Navarino mountain range → locatedNear → Cape Horn ⓘ

Beagle Channel → near → Cape Horn ⓘ

South America by the Drake Passage → near → Cape Horn ⓘ

South America by the Drake Passage → hasExtremePoint → Cape Horn ⓘ

Navarino Island → locatedNear → Cape Horn ⓘ

Arend → voyagedNear → Cape Horn ⓘ

Magellanic subpolar forests → near → Cape Horn ⓘ

Cape Horn rounding → hasSetting → Cape Horn ⓘ

Cape Horn → spanishName → Cape Horn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cabo de Hornos

Isla Navarino → locatedNear → Cape Horn ⓘ

Herschel Island → hasNearbyFeature → Cape Horn ⓘ

Hermite Islands → near → Cape Horn ⓘ

Wollaston Islands → locatedNear → Cape Horn ⓘ

territory of Chile → hasExtremePoint → Cape Horn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Horn (southern extreme of continental Chilean territory)

United Kingdom–San Francisco grain trade → navigatedWaterway → Cape Horn ⓘ

Cabo de Hornos National Park → contains → Cape Horn ⓘ

Teeth of Navarino → locatedNear → Cape Horn ⓘ

Cape Horn Sub-Antarctic Center research network → geographicFocus → Cape Horn ⓘ

South Atlantic–South Pacific shipping routes → near → Cape Horn ⓘ

Hornos Island → hasLandmark → Cape Horn ⓘ

Hornos Island → hasHighestPoint → Cape Horn ⓘ

Deceit Island → locatedNear → Cape Horn ⓘ