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In South America 1520 this explorer sailed from the Atlantic to the pacific though these straits that now bear his name?
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What is the stormy channel that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
The straits of Magellan, Named after the explorer that discovered a passage through the bottom end of South America from the South Atlantic to the Pacific, thereby eliminating the need to go round Cape Horn. (Although the "Straits" are so windy, it's a toss-up which is the more dangerous route!)
Who discovered the rout around south America?
Francisco Magellen - he ws the first to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the tip of South America. The straits there are now named after him. - the Magellen straits.
What connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean in Central America?
The Panama Canal, which opened in 1914, is the man-made canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. The other sea connection is through the Straits of Magellan at the southern tip of South America (Cape Horn).
What two oceans did the strait of Magellan connect?
the Pacific and the Atlantic, (not did, the straits still do)
What did Ferdinand discover?
Ferdinand Magellan discovered the passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the tip of South America, now called the Straits of MagellanHe also discovered and named the Pacific Ocean
How many bodies of water border the Americas?
There are 4 oceans that border North and South America (3 oceans each) : the Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic for North America, and the Southern, Pacific, and Atlantic for South America. There are a large number of named seas, bays, gulfs, sounds, and straits that extend from these oceans, such as the Bering Sea, Bering Straits, Beaufort Sea, Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, Davis Straits, Labrador Sea, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence -- all of which border Alaska or Canada.
Two oceans meet near cape horn at the Magellan straits?
the Atlantic and pacific
Which explorer discovered a strait to the Pacific Ocean that bears his name?
Located at the southern tip of Argentina are the Straits of Magellan. Named after the Portuguese explorer who attempted to circumnavigate the earth. He had to travel that far south in order to get to the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean. While Magellan died in the Philippines, his remaining crew did make it back to Portugal.
Where is the Straits of Megellen?
It is the straits between the continents of South America and Antarctica, notorious for its danger to shipping, and named after the Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
A narrow body of that links two bodies of water?
It's a strait. Like the Straits of Magellan links the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific.
What did ferginand Magellan discover?
Ferdinand Magellan discovered the passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans at the tip of South America, now called the Straits of MagellanHe also discovered and named the Pacific Ocean
What canal in central america connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
The Panama Canal, which opened in 1914, is the man-made canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. The other sea connection is through the Straits of Magellan at the southern tip of South America (Cape Horn).
