Cape Hope Explained

Cape Hope
Other Name:Noorajik Kangitteq
Type:Cape
Map:Greenland
Location:Sermersooq, Greenland
Water Bodies:Scoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Coordinates:70.4617°N -44.9°W
Elevation:23

Cape Hope (Danish: Kap Hope; Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Noorajik Kangitteq, meaning 'the western little cape') is a headland in the Scoresby Sound, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

There was a settlement east of the cape known as Kap Hope (Ittaajimmiit).

History

This headland was named Cape Hope by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour Samuel Hope esq. of Everton, Liverpool, grandfather of Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden.[1]

Geography

Cape Hope is the southwesternmost point of Liverpool Land. It rises east of the mouth of Hurry Inlet, opposite Cape Stewart.[2]

It is located in the northern shore of Scoresby Sound, near Ittoqqortoormiit.[3]

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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. 115
  3. Web site: Kap Hope. Mapcarta. 9 August 2019.