- Horn, Cape
- geographical name headland S Chile on Horn Island in Tierra del Fuego; southernmost point of South America, at 55°59′S
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Horn,Cape — Horn (hôrn), Cape A headland of extreme southern Chile in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The southernmost point of South America, it was first rounded in 1616 by the Dutch navigator Willem Schouten (died 1625), who named it after his… … Universalium
Horn, Cape — Southern extremity of South America. Located on Horn Island in the southern Tierra del Fuego archipelago, it projects south into Drake Passage. It was named Hoorn for the birthplace of Dutch navigator Willem Schouten, who rounded it in 1616.… … Universalium
Horn, Cape — the most southern point of South America, on a Chilean island south of Tierra del Fuego. The region is notorious for its storms and, until the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, constituted the only sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific… … Useful english dictionary
HORN, CAPE — the most southern point of America, is a lofty, precipitous, and barren promontory of Hermit Island, in the Fuegian Archipelago … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Horn, Cape — S extremity of South America … Webster's Gazetteer
Horn — [hôrn] Cape cape on an island (Horn Island) in Tierra del Fuego, Chile: southernmost point of South America … English World dictionary
Horn — the Horn →↑Cape Horn … Dictionary of contemporary English
Cape Horn — Cabo de Hornos redirects here, for the Chilean commune see Cabo de Hornos, Chile. Cape Horn island (Dutch: Kaap Hoorn ; Spanish: Cabo de Hornos ; named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del… … Wikipedia
Horn — /hawrn/, n. Cape. See Cape Horn. * * * (as used in expressions) English horn French horn Horn of Africa Horn Cape * * * ▪ musical instrument group French Cor, German … Universalium
horn — hornish, adj. hornless, adj. hornlessness, n. hornlike, adj. /hawrn/, n. 1. one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep,… … Universalium
