Cape Atholl Explained

Cape Atholl
Other Name:Kap Atholl, Kangaarasuk
Type:Cape
Map:Greenland
Map Relief:yes
Location:NW Greenland
Water Bodies:Bylot Sound
Baffin Bay
Coordinates:76.3833°N -107°W
Elevation:230m (760feet)

Cape Atholl (Danish: Kap Atholl), also known as Kangaarasuk, is a headland in Northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality.

This cape was named by Commander James Saunders, after Atholl, the class to which his ship HMS North Star belonged, during the winter 1849–50 in which he was frozen in the bay to the north and named landmarks in the area.[1]

History

Cape Atholl was a United States Coast Guard LORAN station in Northwest Greenland, south of Pituffik Space Base. It was established in 1954 and disestablished in 1975.[2] The station was located at Quaratit, about 11km (07miles) southeast of Cape Atholl proper.

Geography

Cape Atholl is located in the mainland, in the eastern shore of Bylot Sound, Baffin Bay.[3] It rises at the southern end of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord and opposite the eastern end of Wolstenholme Island.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, Simpkin, Marshall & Co. London 1850, p. 588
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20081225151126/http://www.loran-history.info/cape_atholl/cape_atholl.htm Fact Sheet at LORAN History Site
  3. Web site: Kap Atholl. Mapcarta. 29 May 2019.
  4. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 85