Cape Alexander ( kl, Ullersuaq, also ''Uvdlerssuak'' and ''Sarfalik''; da, Kap Alexander) is a headland in the

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...

, northwest

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

Avannaata Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In ...

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.

Geography

Cape Alexander is located in

Prudhoe Land Prudhoe ( ) is a town in south Northumberland, England, about west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and just south of the River Tyne. Situated on a steep, north-facing hill in the Tyne valley, Prudhoe had a population of 11,675 at the 20 ...

, at the western end of

Hartstene Bay Hartstene Bay is a small bay on the north-west coast of Greenland. It is part of the Avannaata municipality. Cape Alexander Cape Alexander () is a cape which forms the south end of Churchill Peninsula and the east side of the entrance to Cabi ...

with the

Dodge Glacier Dodge Glacier ( da, Dodge Gletscher), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. The glacier was named by Isaac Israel Hayes (1832 – 1881) after expedition member Henry W. Dodge during th ...

to the east and the

Storm Glacier A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), ...

to the southeast.Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
/ref> This headland is the westernmost point of the island of Greenland. Sutherland Island (Tigssarfik) lies off the shore to the southeast. The small

Carey Islands The Carey Islands ( da, Carey Øer; kl, Kitsissut) are an island group off Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, northwest Greenland. Located relatively far offshore the Carey Islands are the westernmost point of Greenland as a territory. T ...

are located further to the west; among them Nordvestø (73°10'W), the westernmost point of Greenland as a territory.1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition
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References

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

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Geography

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