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Thread #104864   Message #2152901
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Sep-07 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Round Cape Horn (Ewan MacColl)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Round Cape Horn - Ewan MacColl
The Straits were an important and much used passage, but many sailing vessels preferred the Drake Passage (around the Horn) because there was more room.
At its narrowest, the Magellan route is 2 to 2 1/2 miles wide. A number of cruise ships make the trip through the Straits.