Kinda O/T question on geography...!

[Guest Dominik Mann]

I was wondering if there's an English name for the southernmost part of South America - you know, the portion which is called "Tierra del Fuego" in Spanish and "Feuerland" in German. Sorry, I know how strange this question must be, but I've been thinking about this all day :-shy ...

[Guest Lizardo]

Mariner's call it "Cape Horn"

[Guest Dominik Mann]

Yep, I'm aware of this...but isn't Cape Hoorn (with two "o"'s, I believe) only part of that area? :-hmmm ...

[Guest]

This is probably a rough translation but...Tierra Del Fuego = "Ground of the Fire" or "Land of the Fire"Feuerland = "Fire Land" or "Fire Country"I just used an online translator so they could be wrong. :)

[Guest Lizardo]

One "O" in English. That broadly refers to the general tip area, the water across to Antartica is called the Drake Passage. The only other thing I ever heard of was that it's major island's name as said by ancient Enlish explorers, was "Island of Fires" (which of course is Tierra del fuego).

[Guest Dominik Mann]

All are correct literal translations...but is any of them actually the name for that region? :-)

[Francois_Dumas 10]

It was originally with two O's.... ;-) I was born (and still live in) Hoorn, one of the most important cities of the Golden Age and also the city that funded many of the discoveries and expeditions...Some intersting stuff here: http://pacific.vita.org/pacific/dutch/maire.htm :-outta Francois :-wave[table border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0][tr][td valign=bottom" align="center]"At home in the wild"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:avsim.com/alaska/alaska_052.htm|Don's Alaskan Bush Charters]"Beavers Lead the Way"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:www.avsim.com/vfr_center/mainpages/vfr_flights_main_page.htm]VFR Flight Center]"Looking Good Outside"[/td][/tr][tr][td valign=top" align="center]http://avsim.com/hangar/air/bfu/logo70.gif[/td][td valign="top" align="left" colspan=2]http://www.fssupport.com/images/moose2.gif[/td][tr][/table]________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online![/bemail: fdumas@avsim.com________________________

[Francois_Dumas 10]

I have found only one reference in English so far, and there they use the name Fireland. Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province that includes parts of Antarctica as well as the Falkands ;-)See here: http://www.fotw.ca/flags/ar-tdf.html :-outta Francois :-wave[table border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0][tr][td valign=bottom" align="center]"At home in the wild"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:avsim.com/alaska/alaska_052.htm|Don's Alaskan Bush Charters]"Beavers Lead the Way"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:www.avsim.com/vfr_center/mainpages/vfr_flights_main_page.htm]VFR Flight Center]"Looking Good Outside"[/td][/tr][tr][td valign=top" align="center]http://avsim.com/hangar/air/bfu/logo70.gif[/td][td valign="top" align="left" colspan=2]http://www.fssupport.com/images/moose2.gif[/td][tr][/table]________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online![/bemail: fdumas@avsim.com________________________