Cape Farewell, Greenland

"Cape Farewell" redirects here. For the cape in New Zealand, see Cape Farewell, New Zealand. For other uses, see Cape Farewell (disambiguation).
Cape Farewell
Nunap Isua
Cape
Cape Farewell is located in Greenland
Cape Farewell
Cape Farewell
Coordinates: 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W / 59.77306; -43.92250
LocationKujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Area
 • TotalArctic

Cape Farewell (Greenlandic: Nunap Isua;[1] Danish: Kap Farvel)[2] is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island, Nunap Isua Archipelago, Greenland.[3] As the southernmost point of the country, it is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.

Geography

Located at 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W / 59.77306; -43.92250, excluding small offshore islets, this cape is the southernmost extent of Greenland, projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea on the same latitude as St Petersburg, Oslo and the Shetland Islands. Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Cape Farewell Archipelago. The area is part of the Kujalleq municipality. King Frederick VI Coast stretches from Cape Farewell to Pikiulleq Bay (former spelling 'Pikiutdleq') in the north along the eastern coast of Greenland.

Cape Farewell (in the centre of the image) and the rugged southern coast of Egger Island. The coast (dark) is generally surrounded by sea ice, making navigation treacherous.
Uummannarsuaq amongst the extreme points of Greenland

Climate

Climate data for Cape Farewell (Angissoq) (normals 1991-2020, extremes 1991-2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 9.6
(49.3) 		9.3
(48.7) 		9.3
(48.7) 		12.0
(53.6) 		14.3
(57.7) 		14.1
(57.4) 		16.1
(61.0) 		16.0
(60.8) 		15.0
(59.0) 		13.8
(56.8) 		11.2
(52.2) 		9.7
(49.5) 		16.1
(61.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −1.1
(30.0) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		1.5
(34.7) 		3.5
(38.3) 		5.4
(41.7) 		6.7
(44.1) 		7.2
(45.0) 		6.2
(43.2) 		3.9
(39.0) 		1.7
(35.1) 		0.1
(32.2) 		2.7
(36.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.8
(27.0) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		1.7
(35.1) 		3.2
(37.8) 		4.5
(40.1) 		5.2
(41.4) 		4.5
(40.1) 		2.4
(36.3) 		0.3
(32.5) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		1.0
(33.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −4.4
(24.1) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		1.0
(33.8) 		2.2
(36.0) 		3.3
(37.9) 		2.9
(37.2) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		−0.8
(30.6)
Record low °C (°F) −16.1
(3.0) 		−15.9
(3.4) 		−16.3
(2.7) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		−9.4
(15.1) 		−5.1
(22.8) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		−9.1
(15.6) 		−13.0
(8.6) 		−16.3
(2.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 98
(3.9) 		67
(2.6) 		67
(2.6) 		77
(3.0) 		50
(2.0) 		53
(2.1) 		71
(2.8) 		65
(2.6) 		68
(2.7) 		73
(2.9) 		72
(2.8) 		92
(3.6) 		853
(33.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 15.2 11.6 12.1 12.4 8.8 6.1 6.6 7.9 7.2 8.4 8.3 13.5 118.1
Source: Danish Meteorological Institute[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  2. ^ "Cape Farewell". Geonames. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ^ Cape Farewell
  4. ^ "Climatological Standard Normals 1991-2020 Greenland" (PDF). DMI. Retrieved 2023-03-01.


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