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).
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]
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]