Cape Murdoch (Greenland) Explained

Cape Murdoch
Other Name:Kap Murdoch
Type:Cape
Map:Greenland
Location:Avannaata, Greenland
Water Bodies:Melville Bay
Baffin Bay
Coordinates:76.1358°N -61.8939°W
Elevation:480m (1,580feet)

Cape Murdoch (Danish: Kap Murdoch) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[1]

Geography

Cape Murdoch is located at the southern end of an unnamed island north of Heilprin Island in Melville Bay.[2]

The cape lies in an area of small islands at the northern limits of Melville Bay to the west of the Fisher Islands and WNW of Thalbitzer Næs, near the terminuses of the Docker Smith Glacier and the Rink Glacier. The terminus of the Peary Glacier lies to the east.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 84
  2. http://mapcarta.com/20008282 Kap Murdoch
  3. Web site: Kap Murdoch. Mapcarta. 20 June 2019.