Cape Brewster

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Cape Brewster
Kangikajik
Map showing the location of Cape Brewster
Map showing the location of Cape Brewster
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Coordinates70°9′N 22°3′W / 70.150°N 22.050°W / 70.150; -22.050Coordinates: 70°9′N 22°3′W / 70.150°N 22.050°W / 70.150; -22.050
Offshore water bodiesGreenland Sea
Elevation1200
AreaArctic

Cape Brewster (Danish: Kap Brewster; Greenlandic: Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the Greenland Sea, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

History[]

This headland was named Cape Brewster by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour his friend, inventor David Brewster (1781–1868).[1]

Geography[]

Cape Brewster is the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous and the northernmost point of the Blosseville Coast.[2]

It is located at the end of the southern side of the mouth of the Scoresby Sound, opposite Cape Tobin (Uunarteq).[3] The cape lies in the desolate and impressive area of the southern shore of the sound with steep dark basalt walls rising between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,280-6,560 ft).[4]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Place names, NE Greenland
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 111
  3. ^ Kap Tobin
  4. ^ Kap Brewster

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