Cape Hope

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Cape Hope
Noorajik Kangitteq
Map showing the location of Cape Hope
Map showing the location of Cape Hope
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Coordinates70°27.7′N 22°22.9′W / 70.4617°N 22.3817°W / 70.4617; -22.3817Coordinates: 70°27.7′N 22°22.9′W / 70.4617°N 22.3817°W / 70.4617; -22.3817
Offshore water bodiesScoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Elevation23
AreaArctic

Cape Hope (Danish: Kap Hope; Greenlandic: Noorajik Kangitteq, meaning 'the western little cape') is a headland in the Scoresby Sound, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

There was a settlement east of the cape known as Kap Hope (Ittaajimmiit).[1]

History[]

This headland was named Cape Hope by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour esq. of Everton, Liverpool, grandfather of Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden.[1]

Geography[]

Cape Hope is the southwesternmost point of Liverpool Land. It rises east of the mouth of Hurry Inlet, opposite .[2]

It is located in the northern shore of Scoresby Sound, near Ittoqqortoormiit.[3]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Place names, NE Greenland
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
  3. ^ "Kap Hope". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

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