Cape Washington, Greenland

For the headland in Antarctica, see Cape Washington.
Cape Washington
Kap Washington
Cape
Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland
Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland
Cape Washington is located in Greenland
Cape Washington
Cape Washington
Coordinates: 83°31′N 38°0′W / 83.517°N 38.000°W / 83.517; -38.000
LocationPeary Land, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesLincoln Sea
Elevation885 m (2,904 ft)

Cape Washington (Danish: Kap Washington) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Geography

Cape Washington is located 14.5 km (9.0 mi) east of Cape Kane,[1] off the mouth of the Hunt Fjord at the northern end of the Roosevelt Land Peninsula. Benedict Fjord lies to the east of the cape with its mouth between Cape Washington and Cape Cannon.[2] The Raven Glacier has its terminus on the western side, south of Cape Washington, in the area of the mouth of Hunt Fjord. [3]

Together with Cape Cannon and Cape Christian IV, Cape Washington is one of the northernmost headlands of mainland Greenland, east of Cape Morris Jesup.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95
  2. ^ a b "Kap Washington". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ R. E. Peary, Report of RE Peary, CE, USN, on Work Done in the Arctic in 1898-1902, 1903 - JSTOR
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