Cape Horn
headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago located in Chile
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Summary
Cape Horn is a cape[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of cape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,268 views/month, #3 of 461).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Magellan and the Chilean Antarctic Region[3], Cabo de Hornos[4], Antártica Chilena Province[5]
- Country: Chile[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Drake Passage[7]
- Continent: Americas[8]
- Named after: Hoorn[9]
- Commons category: Cape Horn[10]
- Located in/on physical feature: Hornos Island[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cape Horn[12]
- Commons gallery: Cape Horn[13]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20], Meyer’s Universum, Zwölfter Band[21]
- Different from: Horn[22]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Cape Horn include Cape Horn Current[23], an ocean current[24].
Why It Matters
Cape Horn has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for it include Cape Horn Current[23], an ocean current[24].