Cape Froward () is the
southernmost point of
mainland
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sou ...
. It is located in the
Magallanes Region
The Magallanes Region (), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region ( es, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is the southernmost, largest, and second lea ...
of
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
, along the north shore of
Magellan Strait, being the southern tip of the
Brunswick Peninsula
Brunswick Peninsula () is a large peninsula in Magallanes y la Antártica Region, Patagonia, Chile, at .
Geography
The Brunswick Peninsula is triangular in shape, joined to the mainland in the north by a wide isthmus. It widens to almost in ...
. In January 1587, the English corsair
Thomas Cavendish
Sir Thomas Cavendish (1560 – May 1592) was an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately tried to emulate Sir Francis Drake and raid the Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and retu ...
named the place after the region's rough climate (strong rains and winds).
A large metallic cross (''Cruz de los Mares'', Cross of the Seas) was built on the cape's hill in honor of
Pope John Paul II's visit to Chile in 1987. It is the latest cross located on the site, the first of which was built in 1913 and replaced several times since then due to the harsh weather.
File:Cap Froward.jpg, Harsh weather at Cape Froward
Crx del Sur.PNG, Cruz de los Mares, in Cape Froward
See also
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Cape Horn
Cape Horn ( es, Cabo de Hornos, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramí ...
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False Cape Horn
False Cape Horn or Falso Cabo de Hornos is a headland at the south end of Hoste Island, 35 statute miles (56 km) northwest of Cape Horn, located at . False Cape Horn is the southernmost point of the large islands of the Tierra del Fuego gr ...
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Froward Point
NCI Froward Point is a National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) lookout station at Inner Froward Point, at the easterly side of the mouth of the River Dart, two miles by coastal path from Kingswear in Devon, England. Its twin duties are to maintain ...
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XII Región de Magallanes
Notes
Froward
Landforms of Magallanes Region
Extreme points of Earth
Strait of Magellan
Brunswick Peninsula
Cliffs of Chile
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