South America and Cape Horn Photos

Photographs of Cape Horn, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and Argentina.

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Cape Horn seen from the east. It looks remarkably like Diamond Head in Honolulu.

Cape Horn seen from the southeast. When we were there, the sea was the calmest it had been in all of the trips that the Royal Princess had made there.

Cape Horn seen from the southeast.

Cape Horn seen from the south.

Cape Horn up close.

Cape Horn seen from the south.

Cape Horn seen from the southwest, as the ship turned around - this was about as far west as we went.

I believe that these are a kind of shellfish, drying. They were in a store in the Angelmo market in Puerto Montt, Chile.

I believe these are a kind of shellfish, drying. Here, they are in varying stages of drying, with the red ones being fresh and the brown ones dry. They were in a store in the Angelmo market in Puerto Montt, Chile.

Cheese for sale at the market in Puerto Montt, Chile.

Fish shop at the market in Puerto Montt, Chile.

Fruit for sale in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Sea Lions, near Ushuaia, Argentina.

Magellanic penguins at Punta Tombo, Argentina. This is the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world.

Magellanic penguin at Punta Tombo, Argentina.

Magellanic penguins chick at Punta Tombo, Argentina.

Yellow building near the pier at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Whalebone arch at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Shipwreck near Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

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