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

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; ; ; ), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is sometimes considered a s ...

, northwest

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

Avannaata Avannaata (, ) 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 the south, Avannaata is flanked ...

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

. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.

Geography

Cape Alexander is located in

Prudhoe Land Prudhoe ( ) is a town and civil parish in the south of Northumberland, England. It is west of Newcastle upon Tyne and situated on a steep, north-facing hill on the south bank of the River Tyne. Prudhoe had a population of 11,675 at the 2011 ...

, at the western end of Hartstene Bay with the Dodge Glacier to the east and the Storm Glacier 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 (; ) 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. The sea surrounding the islands ...

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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Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. 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 ar ...

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