Cape Horn

The story

1. Dutch · derived fromKaap Hoorn
2. English todayCape Horn

Ultimately from Dutch Kaap Hoorn, named after the hometown and flagship (both Hoorn) of Willem Schouten, who was the first to sail around the cape into the Pacific Ocean in 1616.

First known use, by meaning

• since 1628 The southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile.