Cape Washington ( da, Kap Washington) is a
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
in North
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 ...
. Administratively it belongs to the
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...
.
Geography
Cape Washington is located east of
Cape Kane
Cape Kane ( da, Kap Kane) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Kane was named after Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane (1820 – 1857) at the time that it was the nearest land ...
, off the mouth of the
Hunt Fjord
Hunt Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north the fjord has its mouth in the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
This fjord was named by Robert Peary in 190 ...
at the northern end of the
Roosevelt Land
Roosevelt Land ( da, Roosevelts Land) is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps
The territory was named by Robert Peary after US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919).
Ge ...
Peninsula.
Benedict Fjord
Benedict Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
The fjord was named by Robert Peary in honor of New York banker and yachtsman E. C. Benedict, one of the prominen ...
lies to the east of the cape with its mouth between Cape Washington and
Cape Cannon
Cape Cannon ( da, Kap Cannon) is a headland in the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The cape was named by Robert Peary after Henry W. Cannon, one of the members of ...
.
The
Raven Glacier
Raven Glacier is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The glacier was named by Robert Peary after Anton A. Raven, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New Y ...
has its terminus on the western side, south of Cape Washington, in the area of the mouth of Hunt Fjord.
[R. E. Peary, ''Report of RE Peary, CE, USN, on Work Done in the Arctic in 1898-1902'', 1903 - JSTOR]
Together with Cape Cannon and
Cape Christian IV
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck.
History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
, Cape Washington is one of the northernmost headlands of mainland Greenland, east of
Cape Morris Jesup
Cape Morris Jesup ( da, Kap Morris Jesup) is a headland in Peary Land, Greenland.
Geography
Cape Morris Jesup is the northernmost point of mainland Greenland. It is from the North Pole#Geographic North Pole, geographic North Pole. It is located ...
.
See also
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Peary Land
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the north ...
References
External links
The Second Thule Expedition to Northern Greenland, 1916-1918
Headlands of Greenland
Peary Land
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