Cape Prescott Explained

Cape Prescott
Type:	Cape
Map:	Canada Nunavut
Location:	Ellesmere Island
Coordinates:	79.4333°N -84°W

Cape Prescott is a headland in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

The cape was named by the 1875–1876 British Arctic Expedition led by Captain George Nares.^[1] There is an abundance of walruses in the area.^[2]

Geography

Cape Prescott is located in the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island, southwest of the Allman Bay and of the Darling Peninsula in the Nares Strait area. Cape D’Urville is located to the northeast, and Cape Hawks to the east northeast, on the other side of the mouth of Allman Bay. Norman Lockyer Island lies west southwest of Cape Prescott.^[3]

External links

• • Full text of "Journals and proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6, under the command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B"

Notes and References

1. Web site: The British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876: A forgotten expedition. 2023-01-06. www.rmg.co.uk. en.
2. Web site: Survey routes flown in the Bache Peninsula area of eastern Ellesmere Island.
3. Web site: Canadian sailing directions, ARC 402 : eastern Arctic.