Cape Horn ( Dutch : Kaap Hoorn ; Spanish : Cabo de Hornos ; named for the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands ) is a cape . It is the southernmost land area of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile . Cape Horn ( Dutch : , ; named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile , and is located in the small Hornos Island .