Region of Magallanes
Antártica Chilena Province
Cabo de Hornos

False Cape Horn

False Cape Horn or Falso Cabo de Hornos is a headland at the south end of Hoste Island, 35 statute miles northwest of , located at. False Cape Horn is the southernmost point of the large of the group, located close to the mainland of .
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False Cape Horn

Latitude
-55.71526° or 55° 42′ 55″ south
Longitude
-68.06936° or 68° 4′ 10″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
37PH7WMJ+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8265346799
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3889618
Wiki­data ID
Q977812
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“False Cape Horn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيب هورن الخاطىء”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yalançı Horn burnu”
  • Cebuano: “Falso Cabo de Hornos”
  • Chinese: “假合恩角”
  • Dutch: “False Cape Horn”
  • French: “Faux Cap Horn”
  • German: “Falsches Kap Hoorn”
  • Hungarian: “Hamis Horn-fok”
  • Japanese: “偽ホーン岬”
  • Kabardian: “ПцIы Горн”
  • Kabardian: “ПцӀы Горн”
  • Portuguese: “Falso Cabo Horn”
  • Russian: “Ложный Горн”
  • Spanish: “Falso cabo de Hornos”
  • Spanish: “Falso Cabo de Hornos”
  • Swedish: “Falso Cabo de Hornos”
  • Western Frisian: “Falske Kaap Hoarn”

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