Farthest South Records
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- Table of Farthest South records, 1521 to 1911 (letters in "Map key" column relate to adjoining map)
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| Expedition leader | Organizing country | Latitude achieved | Location | Map key | Date |
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| Aboriginal inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego | ----- | 55°58' | Cape Horn | B | Present in 1521 |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Spain | 54° (approximate) | Strait of Magellan; inhabited land southward on Tierra del Fuego | A | November 1521 |
| Francisco de Hoces | Spain | 55°59' (speculative) | Cape Horn | B | January 1526 |
| Sir Francis Drake | England | 55°59' (speculative) | Cape Horn | B | October 1578 |
| Bartolomé and Gonzalo García del Nodal |
Spain | 56°30' | Drake Passage: Diego Ramirez Islands | C | February 1619 |
| James Cook | Kingdom of Great Britain | 66°20' | SE of Cape Town | D | 17 January 1773 |
| James Cook | Kingdom of Great Britain | 71°10' | SE of New Zealand | E | 30 January 1774 |
| James Weddell | United Kingdom | 74°15' | Weddell Sea | F | 20 February 1823 |
| James Clark Ross | United Kingdom | 78° (approximate) | Ross Sea | G | 8 February 1841 |
| James Clark Ross | United Kingdom | 78°09'30" | Ross Sea | G | 23 January 1842 |
| / Carsten Borchgrevink | United Kingdom | 78°50' | Ross Ice Shelf | H | 16 February 1900 |
| Robert Falcon Scott | United Kingdom | 82°17' (adj. to 82°11') | Ross Ice Shelf | I | 30 December 1902 |
| Ernest Shackleton | United Kingdom | 88°23' | South Polar Plateau | J | 9 January 1909 |
| Roald Amundsen | Norway | 90° | South Pole | K | 14 December 1911 |
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