Cape Shackleton
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Cape Shackleton
Cape Shackleton is a cape in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The cape is the western promontory on Apparsuit Island,[1] delimiting the northern end of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago.
This headland was known to whalers as "Horse's Head".[2] Coordinates: 73°48′13″N 56°49′57″W / 73.80361°N 56.83250°W
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Categories:
- Headlands of Greenland
- Tasiusaq Bay
- Upernavik Archipelago
- Greenland geography stubs