Cape Horn
a headland on a small island at the southern extremity of South America: belongs to Chile.
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How to use Cape Horn in a sentence
It was the second time this year that the two Italians were making the voyage round Cape Horn.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferSo he set sail, went round the stormy Cape Horn in a hurricane, and was soon in the great ocean of the west.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousOn the 18th of December, they were south and east of Cape Horn.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyI am by no means of this opinion, although I have twice doubled Cape Horn.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneCape Horn was rounded more easily than could have been expected.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules Verne
British Dictionary definitions for Cape Horn
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: Also called: the Horn
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