Everything about False Cape Horn totally explained
False Cape Horn or
Falso Cabo de Hornos is a
headland at the south end of
Hoste Island, 35
statute miles (56
km) northwest of
Cape Horn, located at . False Cape Horn is the southernmost point of the large
islands of the
Tierra del Fuego group, located close to the mainland of
South America.
At least 100 ships were lost in the Cape Horn area between 1850 and 1900. There were three passages through Cape Horn:
Drake Passage,
Magellan Strait, and
Beagle Channel. All three were perilous, but only Drake Passage offered unlimited maneuvering room. It became the preferred route. Since the winds in the area are prevailing westerlies, False Cape Horn is a
lee shore which from the west superficially resembles the real Cape Horn to the south. If the officers and crew of a ship saw land off the starboard bow (to the south), there was virtually no chance of stopping or turning, or even slowing, a ship in time to avoid wrecking on
Wollaston Island. This mistake caused several shipwrecks.
Administratively, False Cape Horn, which belongs to the
Commune of Cabo de Hornos, is part of the
Antártica Chilena Province of the
Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region,
Chile.
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