Cape Peary Explained

Cape Peary
Other Name:Kap Peary
Type:Cape
Map:Greenland
Map Relief:yes
Location:Avannaata, Greenland
Water Bodies:Granville Fjord
Baffin Bay
Coordinates:76.8144°N -70.0575°W
Elevation:650m (2,130feet)[1]

Cape Peary (Danish: Kap Peary) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[2]

History

This cape was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856–1920).

Geography

Cape Peary is located on the eastern side of the shore of Granville Fjord just north of the Drinkard Bluff, about 4km (02miles) north of the fjord's mouth and 8km (05miles) northwest of the Moriusaq Inuit settlement.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.eng.geus.dk/media/12600/nr174_p120-135.pdf Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 174, 1997, p. 120 - GEUS
  2. https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2894536&fid=1981&c=greenland Geonames; Kap Peary: Greenland
  3. Web site: Kap Peary. Mapcarta. 21 June 2019.