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Cape Desolation

*Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât* (Greenlandic)
*Kap Desolation*
Cape Desolation; Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât (Greenlandic) Kap Desolation
Cape
	Cape Desolation;
	Coordinates: 60°44′02″N 48°10′26″W / 60.734°N 48.174°W
Location	Kujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Labrador Sea
Native name	Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât (Greenlandic)
Area
• Total	Arctic
Elevation	600

Cape Desolation (Danish: Kap Desolation, Greenlandic: Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality.

Geography

The cape is located 16.66 km to the west-north-west of Cape Thorvaldsen near the modern settlements of Arsuk and Ivittuut.^[1] The cape is in an impressive stack of jagged cliffs with the reddish crags of the Killavaat mountain range in the background.^[2] The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 9.5 km west-north-west of the cape.

References

^ Kap Desolation
^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 25

External links

Weather forecast for Kap Desolation, Kujalleq (Greenland) Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Kap Desolation

[2] Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 25

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