There are a few places that might be called the "End of the Earth". Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) in Patagonia (the Chile side) is one of them. Famously a hard place to go around in a ship, the necessity for which was reduced by the Panama Canal, Cape Horn is a real place that legends surround.
And it has a lighthouse. The lighthouse, and the Cape Horn monument, aren't exactly on Cape Horn -- I think the powers-that-be decided the real cape should be kept pristine and natural. So the lighthouse and the monument are one point over on the Isla del Hornos, which you can see here. Zoom out to place it in Patagonia and southern Chile.
Now we learn about it. The lighthouse has been modified, as you will read from the Lighthouse Directory excepts.
"1991 (reconstructed in 2006). Active; focal plane 61.5 m (202 ft); white flash every 5 s. 11 m (36 ft) round cylindrical steel tower with lantern and gallery, originally painted with red and white bands, now incorporated into a 1-story brick station building. ... The station building was built in 2006. A sculpture and a monument near the lighthouse are memorials to the many sailors who have died "rounding the Horn." This is the world's southernmost traditional lighthouse, the true Lighthouse at the End of the World; it stands in latitude 55º 57.9' S."
Another website with info:
Tierra del Fuego / Isla Hornos / Faro Monumental de Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn) -- World of Lighthouses
This is what it looked like before they built a building around it.
And what it looks like now, with four pictures below. There are many pictures of this lighthouse, but a lot of them are commercial (iStock, Getty, etc.)
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