Cape Horn
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Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America, Cape Ho
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Cape Horn, seen from the Chilean Navy station location. The small lighthouse can be seen as a white spot close to the horizon.
View from an unidentified sailing ship during a storm at Cape Horn, between 1885 and 1954
Approaching Cape Horn from the south-west.
Drake Passage
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The Drake Passage or Sea of Hoces is the body of water between Cape Horn in Chile at the southern extreme of the South American mainland and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the s
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…small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which is Águila Islet), Cape Horn marks both the northern boundary of the Drake Passage and where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet. Cape Horn was identified by mariners and first rounded in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten and Jacob…
Tourist expedition ship sailing across the Drake Passage to Antarctica
The plot shows a yearly average (2020) of the surface current strength (from GODAS dataset), together with streamlines. Following the streamlines, it is easy to see that the current is not closed in itself but interacts with the other ocean basins (connecting them). The Drake Passage plays a major role in this mechanism.
The Drake Passage influences the global surface temperature and Atlantic circulation.
Rough seas are common in the Drake Passage