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CapeHorn 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.

"The situation in the Horn is the most explosive on the continent," said Francois Grignon, head of the Africa program for the Brussels-based International Crisis Group think tank. and Djibouti - are seen by many as the next possible front in the The footpaths, rutted roads and steamy coastal dens along the Horn may seem a world away to many in the West - but the conflicts that fester here have hit home before.
But then he ran into a big storm as he got close to Cape Horn, which is 500 miles off the coast of Chile. — CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2007
Our course for the Horn was a south-easterly one, which brought the wind nicely over the starboard quarter, and the breeze was of just the right strength to enable us to show the whole of our starboard flight of studding-sails to it, and to handsomely reel off our eleven knots per hour by the log. — The Castaways
A winter passage of the Horn is always a severe strain on the men. — The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Aari Whole-Horn was a fraud! — Massage