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Cape Peary

Coordinates: 76°48′52″N 70°3′27″W / 76.81444°N 70.05750°W / 76.81444; -70.05750
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Cape Peary
Kap Peary
Cape Peary is located in Greenland
Cape Peary
Cape Peary
Coordinates: 76°48′52″N 70°3′27″W / 76.81444°N 70.05750°W / 76.81444; -70.05750
LocationAvannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesGranville Fjord
Baffin Bay
Area
 • TotalArctic
Elevation650 m (2,130 ft)[1]

Cape Peary (Danish: Kap Peary) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[2]

History

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This cape was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856–1920).

Geography

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Cape Peary is located on the eastern side of the shore of Granville Fjord just north of the Drinkard Bluff, about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the fjord's mouth and 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of the Moriusaq Inuit settlement.[3]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 174, 1997, p. 120 - GEUS
  2. ^ Geonames; Kap Peary: Greenland
  3. ^ "Kap Peary". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 June 2019.