Cape Froward
Cape Froward (Spanish Cabo Froward ) is the southernmost mainland point in America . The cape is located on Chilean territory on the Brunswick Peninsula in the Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena ( Magallanes province , Punta Arenas municipality), 90 km south of Punta Arenas . The drive around Cape Froward is the southernmost point on the Strait of Magellan .
The cape got its name ( English froward , defiant ') in January 1587 from Thomas Cavendish , who named it after the weather conditions with heavy rainfall and winds.
In 1987, a 24 m high metal cross was erected in honor of Pope John Paul II on the 365 m high hill above the cape ( Cruz de los Mares , "Cross of the Seas"). A cross was erected here for the first time as early as 1913, but over the years several crosses fell victim to the weather.
The Patagonia Expedition Race passes Cape Froward.
literature
- Carolyn McCarthy, Jean-Bernard Carillet: Chile and Easter Island . Lonely Planet, 2009; P. 384. ISBN 978-1-74104-779-0
- Johann Jacob Egli: Nomina geographica: Language and factual explanation of 42,000 geographical names of all regions of the earth . G. Olms, 1973; P. 322. ISBN 978-3-487-04571-9
- Ben Pester: Through the land of fire: fifty-six south . Sheridan House, Inc., 2004. ISBN 978-1-57409-202-8
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Coordinates: 53 ° 53 ′ 46.3 ″ S , 71 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W.