Cape Egede
Kap Egede
Cape Egede is located in Greenland
Cape Egede
Cape Egede
Coordinates: 60°9′N 45°23′W / 60.150°N 45.383°W / 60.150; -45.383
LocationKujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesLabrador Sea
Area
  TotalArctic

Cape Egede (Danish: Kap Egede) is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality near the modern settlement of Nanortalik. It is named after Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede.

Geography

The cape is located at the southern end of Sermersooq Island (Sermersok) off the western coast of Nanortalik Island roughly between Cape Thordvaldsen and Cape Farewell.[1] The Kitsissut Islands lie offshore to the south of the cape.[2]

References

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