- Idilesi: I- Horn Island, iTerra del Fuego, eChile;
- Kwavulwa: ngonyaka we-1616.
Isiqithi saseTierra del Fuego ngenye yezona ndawo ezimangalisayo emhlabeni. Iqukethe isiqithi esiqingqiweyo segama elifanayo kunye neqela leenqanawa ezincinci, ezibandakanya neCape Horn eqhelekileyo eChile . Namhlanje, kwintsimi yayo yipaki enkulu yesizwe, malunga neendlela eziza kuxoxwa ngazo kamva kwinqaku lethu.
Uphi iCape Horn ebalazweni?
Iphondo laseKapa lisesiqhini segama elifanayo kwaye liphela ekupheleni kwe-Tierra del Fuego. Kwafunyanwa ngabahloli bamaDutch V. Schouten noJer Lemer ngo-1616. Ngendlela, abaninzi abatyeleli bakholelwa ngephutha ukuba le yindawo engasemzantsi eMzantsi Melika, kodwa akunjalo. Kuzo zombini macala i-cape ihlanjwe ngamanzi eDraake Passage, edibanisa iPacific ne-Atlantic Ocean.
Iphondo laseKapa, eliyingxenye ye-Antarctic Circumpolar Current, lifanelwe ingqalelo ekhethekileyo. Ngenxa yeziphepho ezinamandla kunye nemimoya eqinileyo eyalelwe ukusuka entshona ukuya empuma, le ndawo ithathwa njengenye yeyona yingozi kakhulu kwihlabathi. Nangona kunjalo, eli qiniso alithinteli ukuthandwa kwetape kwizhenketho zangaphandle.
Yintoni ongayibona?
Iphondo laseKapa libhekiswe kwilizwe laseChile kwaye kubaluleke kakhulu ukutyelela izikhenketho. Phakathi kwezi ndawo ezinomdla kakhulu kule ndawo zi:
- Izibane . Kulo ntloko kunye naso kukho iindawo zokukhanya ezimbini, ezibaluleke kakhulu kubahambi. Omnye wabo ufumaneka ngokuthe ngqo kwiCape Horn kwaye yindonga ende ende yombala. Esinye sisitishi se-Navy yaseChile kwaye simalunga neekhilomitha ukuya kwi-northeast.
- IPaki leSizwe laseCabo de Hornos . Le ndawo encinci yokugcina i-biosphere yasungulwa ngo-Ephreli 26, 1945 kwaye iquka indawo engama-631 km ². Izilwanyana kunye nemfuyo yepaki, ngenxa yesiphumo esiqhubekayo seqondo lokushisa aphantsi, kunqongophala. Ihlabathi lezityalo limelelwe ikakhulu ngama-lichen kunye namahlathi amancinci e-Antarctic beech. Ngokubhekiselele kwilizwe lezilwanyana, kuninzi kunokwenzeka ukufumana ama-pellini aseMagellanic, i-petrel enkulu kunye ne-albatross yaseburhulumenteni.
Ndingafika njani?
Nangona nengozi yale ndawo, abaninzi abavakhenkethi bavakatyelela iindwendwe ezizodwa ukuze bafumane iimeko ezingenakulibaleka kwaye benze umfanekiso oqaqambileyo weCape Horn. Awukwazi ukufika khona ngokwakho, ngoko cwangcisa ukuhamba kwakho kwangaphambili ngesikhokelo sokuvakasha esivela kwinqanaba lokuhamba.