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CHAPTER VII. 



CAPES, ISLANDS, PENINSULAS, ETC. 



1. Points of land which project into the 

 water are called Capes. A high cape is called 

 a Promontory. A light-house is seen in the 

 Chart on a Promontory : and another on one 

 of the capes. 



Two of the best known capes are Cape 

 Horn and Cape Good Hope. 



2. A narrow neck or strip of land is called 

 an Isthmus ; and a narrow passage of water 

 is called a Strait, sometimes a Channel. A 

 well known isthmus is that of Panama, or 

 Darien, which joins North and South America. 

 A well known strait is that of Gibraltar, which 

 connects the Mediterranean Sea with the 

 Atlantic Ocean ; another is Behring Strait, 

 which separates North America from Asia and 

 connects the Arctic with the Pacific Ocean; 

 another, called Davis Strait, connects Baffin 

 Bay with the Atlantic; and another, called 

 Hudson Strait, connects Hudson Bay with 

 the Atlantic. 



3. These straits received their names from 

 distinguished navigators who discovered them. 



