Cape Walløe Explained

Cape Walløe
Other Name:Kap Walløe, Kangeq, Kangerssiuasik
Type:Cape
Map:Greenland
Location:King Frederick VI Coast
Water Bodies:North Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates:60.5833°N -92°W
Elevation:310m (1,020feet)

Cape Walløe (Danish: Kap Walløe), also known as Kangeq and Kangerssiuasik, is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Greenland, Kujalleq municipality.[1]

History

Cape Walløe was named in 1829 by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after Dano-Norwegian Arctic explorer Peder Olsen Walløe (1716–1793) who was the first European known with certainty to have explored the southern part of the southeastern coast of Greenland using local umiak boats. This headland was the farthest point that Walløe reached up the then uncharted coast before he had to turn back[2] because he found it impossible to proceed further north owing to the ice.[3]

Geography

Cape Walløe is located 7km (04miles) northeast of the mouth of Nattoralik Fjord.[4] The entrance of Kangerluaraq Fjord lies to the NW around the cape.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland, p. 49 . 2019-05-28 . 2020-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028233135/http://gst.dk/media/2915914/den-groenlandske-lods-sejladsanvisniner-oestgroenland.pdf . dead .
  2. Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 pp. 10–11
  3. W. A. Graah, Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, London, 1837, p. 67
  4. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 100
  5. Web site: Kap Walløe. Mapcarta. 23 May 2019.