Region of Magallanes
Magallanes Province
Punta Arenas

Cape Froward

Cabo Froward is the southernmost point of the mainland. It is located on the Strait of Magellan south of Punta Arenas in Chilean .
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape
  • Also known as: “Cabo Froward”

Cape Froward

Latitude
-53.89547° or 53° 53′ 44″ south
Longitude
-71.31033° or 71° 18′ 37″ west
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
37RC4M3Q+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4331205507
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3889271
Wiki­data ID
Q169141
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Cape Froward” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رأس فرووارد”
  • Arabic: “راس فرووارد”
  • Azerbaijani: “Frouard burnu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Frоuаrd burnu”
  • Belarusian: “Фроўард”
  • Bengali: “কাবো ফ্রোয়ার্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Фроуърд”
  • Cebuano: “Cabo Froward”
  • Chechen: “Фроуард”
  • Chinese: “弗罗厄德角”
  • Chinese: “弗羅厄德角”
  • Czech: “Froward”
  • Czech: “mys Froward”
  • Dutch: “Kaap Froward”
  • French: “cap Froward”
  • French: “Cap Froward”
  • Georgian: “ფროუორდი”
  • German: “Cabo Froward”
  • German: “Kap Froward”
  • Italian: “Capo Froward”
  • Japanese: “フロワード岬”
  • Kabardian: “Фроуард”
  • Kazakh: “Фроуард”
  • Latvian: “Frovorda rags”
  • Lithuanian: “Frovardo kyšulys”
  • Mingrelian: “ფროუორდი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Froward”
  • Norwegian: “Kapp Froward”
  • Polish: “Froward”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Froward”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Froward”
  • Russian: “Мыс Фровард”
  • Russian: “мыс Фроуард”
  • Russian: “Мыс Фроуорд”
  • Russian: “Фровард”
  • Russian: “Фроуард”
  • Russian: “Фроуорд”
  • Serbian: “Рт Фроуард”
  • Slovenian: “Cabo Froward”
  • Slovenian: “rt Froward”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Froward”
  • Swedish: “Kap Froward”
  • Tatar: “Фровард борыны”
  • Thai: “แหลมโฟรเวิร์ด”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Фроуерд”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Фроуорд”
  • Ukrainian: “Фроуерд”
  • Ukrainian: “Фроуорд”
  • Western Frisian: “Kaap Froward”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Cape Froward”. Photo: Marek Grzywa, CC BY 3.0.