Cape James Hill | |
Other Name: | Kap James Hill |
Type: | Cape |
Map: | Greenland |
Relief: | yes |
Location: | Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland |
Water Bodies: | Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean |
Coordinates: | 83.6°N -55°W |
Cape James Hill (Danish: Kap James Hill) is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland.
The cape was named by Robert Peary after James J. Hill, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[1]
Cape James Hill is located east of Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land, between Constable Bay to the west and Bliss Bay to the east.[2] It is the nearest land to Kaffeklubben Island (Oodaap Qeqertaa) located about 9km (06miles) to the northeast.[3] Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.