Hornos Island

Hornos Island is a island at the southern tip of . The island is mostly known for being the location of . It is generally considered South America's southernmost island, but the are farther south.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of Chile
  • Historically known as: Cape Horn Island

Hornos Island

Latitude
-55.94396° or 55° 56′ 38″ south
Longitude
-67.27722° or 67° 16′ 38″ west
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
37PJ3P4F+C4
Geo­Names ID
3887849
Wiki­data ID
Q579643
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Hornos Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Horn adası
  • Basque: Hornos (uhartea)
  • Basque: Hornos
  • Belarusian: Востраў Горн
  • Belarusian: Горн
  • Breton: Enez Hornos
  • Catalan: Illa Hornos
  • Cebuano: Isla Hornos
  • Chinese: 合恩島
  • Dutch: Hornos-eiland
  • Egyptian Arabic: هورنوس ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: هورنوس
  • Finnish: Isla Hornos
  • French: île Horn
  • French: Île Horn
  • German: Hornos
  • Italian: Isla Hornos
  • Italian: isola di Hornos
  • Japanese: オルノス島
  • Korean: 오르노스섬
  • Lithuanian: Horno sala
  • Northern Frisian: Isla Hornos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hornos-øya
  • Polish: Hornos
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Hornos
  • Russian: Горн
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hornos (otok)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hornos
  • Slovak: Hornský ostrov
  • Spanish: Isla Hornos
  • Swedish: Isla Hornos
  • Ukrainian: Горн
  • Vietnamese: Hornos (đảo)
  • Vietnamese: Hornos

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cabo de Hornos National Park.

Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Hornos Island”. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.