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Cape Horn
see synonyms of cape hornNoun
1. cape horn
a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)
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Cape Horn
see synonyms of cape hornnoun
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
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Cape Horn
see synonyms of cape horn 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 birthplace, Hoorn. It is notorious for its storms and heavy seas.
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