Cape Steen Bille | |
Other Name: | Kap Steen Bille, Kangeq |
Type: | Cape |
Map: | Greenland |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | King Frederick VI Coast |
Water Bodies: | North Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates: | 62°N -49°W |
Elevation: | 640m (2,100feet) |
Area: | Arctic |
Cape Steen Bille (Danish: Kap Steen Bille) or Kap Bille, also known as Kangeq, is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Greenland, Kujalleq municipality.[1]
Cape Steen Bille was named in 1829 by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after Steen Andersen Bille (1797–1883), Danish Royal Navy vice-admiral and minister for the navy.
Fridtjof Nansen visited the area in 1888 before his crossing of the Greenland ice sheet from the east.
Cape Steen Bille is a promontory of yellowish rock located in the Puisortoq area 19km (12miles) south of Cape Cort Adelaer.[2] The cluster of the Otto Rud Islands lies to the NNW around the cape.[3]