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Cape Horn is often said to be the southernmost point of South America. It is located in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The southernmost point on the mainland is Cape Froward.

The cape was first rounded on January 26, 1616 by a Dutch expedition of Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire. They named it Kaap Hoorn after the city of Hoorn, Schouten's birthplace. The Spanish name of the place is derived from the Dutch: Cabo de Hornos.

Cape Horn is famous for the weather conditions that made it difficult to round in the days of sailing ships. Even so, the open waters of the Drake PassageThe Drake Passage is the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn and Antarctica. It forms part of the Southern Ocean. The Drake Passage has some of the worst sea weather in the world. It is named for 16th century British explo south of the Cape meant plenty of sea room for maneuvering, while the narrow Strait of MagellanThe Strait of Magellan is the passage immediately south of mainland South America. Located between the continent and Tierra del Fuego, and Cape Horn to the south, the strait is the biggest and most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atl through the Tierra del Fuego islands could be a slow and tortuous passage.

The area of the Cape is in ChileThe word chile may also refer to Chilli pepper. The Republic of Chile is a republic located on the southwestern coast of South America. It is a long and narrow piece of land between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It shares borders with Argenti. A family lives at a small station maintained by the government, consisting of a main house, utility building, chapel, and lighthouse. A short distance off there is a large sculpture featuring the silhouette of an albatrossDiomedea Thallasarche Phoebastria Phoebetria The albatrosses (from Portuguese Alcatraz a pelican) are seabirds in the family Diomedeidae which is closely allied to the petrels. They were once commonly known as Goonie birds or Gooney birds . This is a grou. The terrain is entirely treeless, although quite lush due to the frequent precipitation.