Cape Brewster Explained

Cape Brewster
Type:Headland
Map:Greenland
Location:Sermersooq, Greenland
Water Bodies:Greenland Sea
Coordinates:70.15°N -25°W
Elevation:1200

Cape Brewster (Danish: Kap Brewster; Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the Greenland Sea, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

History

This headland was named Cape Brewster by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour his friend, inventor David Brewster (1781–1868).[1]

Geography

Cape Brewster is the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous Savoia Peninsula and the northernmost point of the Blosseville Coast.[2]

It is located at the end of the southern side of the mouth of the Scoresby Sound, opposite Cape Tobin (Uunarteq).[3] The cape lies in the desolate and impressive area of the southern shore of the sound with steep dark basalt walls rising between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,280-6,560 ft).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=549832.8357720698,8582739.868248867,622444.3190166993,8680765.370629115&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D&filter_2=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D Place names, NE Greenland
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 111
  3. http://mapcarta.com/19184228 Kap Tobin
  4. http://mapcarta.com/19194054 Kap Brewster