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*** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts and castles | *** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts and castles | ||
*** a promontory in water is a peninsula | *** a promontory in water is a peninsula | ||
* Cape Horn | * Cape Horn | ||
** southernmost headland, or tip of land, on Hornos Island, one of the Hermite Islands, the southernmost of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America | ** southernmost headland, or tip of land, on Hornos Island, one of the Hermite Islands, the southernmost of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America | ||
Click EXPAND for a list of important capes | Click EXPAND for a list of important capes | ||
* See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_(geography)#List_of_some_well-known_capes List of Well Known Capes (wiki)]] | * See [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_(geography)#List_of_some_well-known_capes List of Well Known Capes (wiki)]] | ||