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Which is closer to the equator cape of hope or cape horn?
Cape Horn is on the southern tip of Chile, South America. Cape of Good Hope is on the southern tip of South Africa.
What is Cape absolute location?
The absolute location of Cape Horn is 44 degrees 21' 16" N, 115 degrees 6' 54" W. Cape Horn is a mountain in the United States. The elevation of Cape Horn is 7,615 feet.
Through what strait would you pass to avoid going around Cape Horn?
Cape Horn is at the bottom tip of South America. So you could go through the Strait of Magellan between South America and Tierra del Fuego This is an extremely dangerous waterway for ships. To avoid going around South America, ships can navigate through the Panama Canal in Central America.
If you traveled due west from Cape Horn your next landfall would be precisely the same as if you had traveled dues east What would that landfall be?
Australia
What is the name given to southern tip of South America?
Cape Horn
What two oceans meet near Cape Horn at the Strait of Magellan?
fagit
What 2 oceans meet near Cape Horn at the Strait of Magellan?
There are many bodies of water across the world. The South Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean meet near Cape Horn at the Strait of Magellan.
Ocean crossed by Magellan after he rounded cape horn?
The ocean that was crossed by Magellan after he rounded Cape Horn was the Pacific Ocean. He crossed from the Atlantic Ocean through Cape Horn and out to the Pacific.
What separates the continent of South America from Antarctica?
Drake Passageseparates Cape Horn, Chile on South America from the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica.
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!)
What cape in South Africa did Magellan sail around?
cape horn
Why are the waves at cape horn so big?
the pacific and Atlantic oceans meet at the tiny gap between cape horn and Antarctica. This causes huge waves to form as the oceans collide.
By the Great Horn Spoon Why did Captain Swain go through the dangerous Straits of Magellan instead of around Cape horn?
This is better Praiseworthy realizes that Lady Wilma went through the Straight of Magellan instead of going around Cape Horn. Why does Captain Swain take the risky route through the deadly Strait of Magellan? Cuts hundreds of miles off the voyage and allowed Lady Wilma to pull ahead of the Sea Raven.
What is the name of the cape where the pacific and atlantic oceans meet at the southern most tip of south america?
The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet at the tip of South America at Cape Horn. The seas south of Cape Horn are some of the most treacherous on Earth.
Who is the first person gone into the Pacific ocean?
The first 'Europeans' to enter the Pacific Ocean from the east were Magellan and the other members of his expedition, by way of The Straits of Magellan which separate South America from Cape Horn. Other Europeans undoubtedly saw the Pacific earlier, after traveling from the west, including overland through China.
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 is the water passage between the south America mainland and tierra del fuego?
Cape horn and strait of Magellan
