Hoorn, NL - Namesake for Cape Horn
N 52° 38.128 E 005° 03.860
31U E 639694 N 5833720
Hoorn in the Netherlands is the namesake for Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of America.
Waymark Code: WMXD4Z
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 12/29/2017
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Cape Horn was discovered and first rounded by the Dutchman Willem Schouten, who named it Kaap Hoorn after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands.
Hoorn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on the Markermeer, 35 kilometres north of Amsterdam, and acquired city rights in 1357. Hoorn had a population of 72,707 in 2017. The area of the municipality is 53.25 km2 (20.56 sq mi) of which 33.00 km2 (12.74 sq mi) consists of water, mainly the Markermeer. The municipality consists of the following villages and/or districts: Blokker, Hoorn, Zwaag, and parts of Bangert and De Hulk.
Cape Horn, the most southerly point of the Americas, was named after the town by Willem Schouten, who circled it in 1616. The Hoorn Islands of the Oceanian nation of Wallis and Futuna are also named after this city.
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