Cape Horn: A Mariner’s Nightmare - NASA Earth Observatory
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WEBDec 24, 2017 · July 12, 2014 TIFF. Before the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, Cape Horn was a place that gave mariners nightmares. The waters off this rocky point, at the southern tip of Chile’s Tierra del Fuego peninsula, pose a perfect storm of hazards. Southwest of Cape Horn, the ocean floor rises sharply from 4,020 meters (13,200 feet) to …
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