South America
Argentina
Santa Cruz Province

Cape Virgins

Cape Virgenes is the southeastern promontory of continental in . A little to the south-west, the southernmost point of land is .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: southeastern tip of continental Argentina
  • Also known as: “Cabo Vírjenes”, “Cape Virgenes”, “Cape Vírgenes”, and “Cape Virgin”
  • Historically known as: “Cape of Virgins”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cabo Vírgenes Lighthouse and Nombre de Jesús.

Lighthouse
Photo: Horacio Fernandez, CC BY 3.0.

Ruins
was a Spanish town in , settled in 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa in the Magellan Strait. also refers to the archaeological site located in Santa Cruz Province, , where the remains of this settlement were found. is situated 3 km west of Cape Virgins.

Cape Virgins

Latitude
-52.33243° or 52° 19′ 57″ south
Longitude
-68.35756° or 68° 21′ 27″ west
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
37VHMJ9R+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 976783919
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3832537
Wiki­data ID
Q153731
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Satellite Map

Discover Cape Virgins from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Cape Virgins” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيب فيرجين”
  • Asturian: “Cabu Vírxenes”
  • Basque: “Virgenes lurmuturra”
  • Cebuano: “Cabo Vírgenes”
  • Chinese: “維基尼角”
  • Chinese: “维基尼角”
  • Czech: “Cabo Vírgenes”
  • Czech: “Mys Panen”
  • Esperanto: “Kabo Virgenes”
  • French: “cap des Vierges”
  • French: “Cap des Vierges”
  • German: “Cabo Vírgenes”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήριο 11000 Παρθένων”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Παρθένων”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήριο των Παρθένων”
  • Hebrew: “כף וירחנס”
  • Indonesian: “Cape Virgenes”
  • Indonesian: “Cape virgins”
  • Indonesian: “Tanjung Virgene”
  • Italian: “Capo Virgenes”
  • Japanese: “ヴァージネス岬”
  • Lithuanian: “Mergelių kyšulys”
  • Polish: “Cabo Vírgenes”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Dziewic”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo das Virgens”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Virgenes”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Vírgenes”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Virgens”
  • Spanish: “Cabo de las Virgenes”
  • Spanish: “Cabo de las Vírgenes”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Virgenes”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Vírgenes”
  • Swedish: “Cabo Vírgenes”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beginning of Route 40 and Museo del Faro.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape Virgins”. Photo: Wikisanchez, CC BY 3.0.