- Ikheli: Horn Island, Tierra del Fuego, eChile;
- Kuvulwe: ngonyaka ka-1616.
Isiqhingi saseTierra del Fuego singenye yezindawo ezimangalisayo kakhulu emhlabeni. Iqukethe isiqhingi esikhulu segama elifanayo neqembu leziqhingi ezincane, okuhlanganisa neCape Horn evelele eChile . Namuhla, ensimini yayo iyipaki enkulu kazwelonke, mayelana nezici zazo ezizoxoxwa kamuva esihlokweni sethu.
Uphi iCape Horn ebalazweni?
I-Cape Horn isesiqhingini segama elifanayo futhi lingumkhawulo oseningizimu weTerra del Fuego. Kutholakala ngabahloli bamazwe baseDutch V. Schouten noJer Lemer ngo-1616. Ngendlela, izivakashi eziningi zikholelwa ngokuphutha ukuthi leli yindawo engasenyakatho eNingizimu Melika, kodwa akunjalo. Ezingxenyeni zombili i-cape igezwa ngamanzi weDake Passage, ehlanganisa iPacific ne-Atlantic Ocean.
I-Cape Horn, engxenyeni ye-Antarctic Circumpolar Current, ifanelwe ukunakwa okukhethekile. Ngenxa yeziphepho ezinamandla nemimoya enamandla eqondiswa entshonalanga kuya empumalanga, le ndawo ibhekwa njengenye yezinto eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni. Noma kunjalo, leli qiniso alithinti ukuthandwa kwezokuvakasha ezokuvakasha zangaphandle.
Yini ongayibona?
I-Cape Horn idluliselwa ezweni laseChile futhi iyindawo ebalulekile yokuvakasha. Phakathi kwezindawo ezithakazelisayo kakhulu kule ndawo kukhona:
- Izibani zokukhanya . Ethempelini naseduzane kukhona izindawo zokukhanya ezimbili, ezithakazelisa kakhulu abahambi. Omunye wabo utholakala ngqo eKapa Phondo futhi umbhoshongo omude wombala okhanyayo. Esinye yisiteshi se-Navy yaseChile futhi sinamayela angasenyakatho-mpumalanga.
- I-National Park yaseCabo de Hornos . Le ndawo encane yokugcina indawo ye-biosphere yasungulwa ngo-Ephreli 26, 1945 futhi ihlanganisa indawo ka-631 km ². I-flora nezilwane zepaki, ngenxa yomphumela ohlala njalo wamazinga okushisa aphansi, ayitholakali. Umhlaba wezitshalo umele ikakhulukazi ama-lichen namahlathi amancane ase-Antarctic beech. Ngokuqondene nezwe lezilwane, ngokuvamile kuvame ukuthola ama-penguin aseMagellanic, i-giant-giant petrel ne-royal albatross.
Ungafika kanjani?
Naphezu kwengozi yalendawo, izivakashi eziningi ngonyaka zibuka izinkambo ezikhethekile ukuze zithole isipiliyoni esingenakulibaleka sokuphila futhi zenze isithombe esihle eKapa Horn. Awukwazi ukufika khona wedwa, ngakho-ke uhlele ukuhamba kwakho kusengaphambili ngombonisi ojikelezayo ohlangenwe nakho ovela ejensi lokuhamba yendawo.