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    What was Cape Horn named for?

    Question #95645. Asked by author. (May 13 08 9:31 PM)


    star_gazer

    		Cape Horn island (Dutch: Kaap Hoorn; Spanish: Cabo de Hornos; named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn

    May 13 08, 10:52 PM
    neobowler

    		It was named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn

    May 13 08, 10:54 PM

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