Izinto ezili-8 ezenziweyo eKapa Horn

Ukutyelela Ekupheleni kwehlabathi, eKapa Horn

ICape Horn ihlala kwiindawo eziqingqiweyo zaseZierra del Fuego ezinxweme ezisezantsi eMzantsi Melika apho i-Atlantic nePacific Ocean Ocean zihlangana khona. Ngokuqhelekileyo kuthiwa "ukuphela kwehlabathi" ekubeni imozulu isoloko isiphepho kwaye amaza aphezulu kangangokuba iinqanawa zazibonakala zifikelela kumda womhlaba. I-Cape Horn yabizwa ngokuba yi dolophu yaseHoorn eNetherlands.

Kwiminyaka ye-19 kunye neyokuqala kwekhulu lama-20, iinqwelo ze-clipper zahamba ngeCape Horn zihamba ngee-Europe kunye ne-Asia. Imimoya eqhelekileyo kunye neziphepho kuloo ndawo zabangela ukuba iinqanawa ezininzi zenzeke eziqithini eziqhankqalazi, kwaye kwafa amawaka emzameni wabo wokudlula eKapa Phondo. Abo bahamba ngomkhumbi babuyela ekhaya ngokukhuselekileyo bahlala bexela amava ahlaselayo kwiimeko zabo zaseCape Horn.

Ukususela ngo-1914, ezininzi iinqanawa zokuhamba kunye neenqanawa zisebenzisa i-Panama Canal ukuwela phakathi kwe-Atlantic ne-Pacific Ocean. Nangona kunjalo, iintlanga ezininzi ze-yacht zehlabathi zisebenzisa indlela ejikeleze iKapa Phondo.

Namhlanje, iChile inesikhululo samanxweme kwisiqithi saseSoundos (esibizwa ngokuba sisiHlora saseHoorn Island), esondele kufuphi nendawo apho i-Atlantic ne-Pacific Ocean ihlangana nayo. Iinqanawa ezinkulu ezihamba ngeCape Horn phakathi kweValparaiso kunye neBuenos Aires zihamba ngokukhenketha kwindawo. Ezinye iinqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa ezifana ne-Hurtigruten ngomkhumbi ohamba ngeendlela eziya e- Antarctica okanye kwiPhondo eMzantsi Melika zihamba ngeeyure ezimbalwa kwisikhululo saseChile (umoya kunye nemimoya evumela). Abagibeli babo bangaya emanzini ukuze bahambe kwiSiqithi saseCompos baze babone i-lighthouse, i-chapel neCape Horn Memorial. Banokuthi batyikitye incwadi yeendwendwe baze bafumane iipasipoti zabo zityinwe, esiyikhumbuzo esikhulu sokutyelela kwabo eKapa Horn.