Cape Farewell (; )
is a headland on the southern shore of
Egger Island,
Nunap Isua Archipelago,
Greenland
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.
Cape Farewell
/ref> As the southernmost point of the country, it is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.
Geography
Located at , excluding small offshore islets, this cape is the southernmost extent of Greenland, projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean
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and the Labrador Sea
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on the same latitude as St Petersburg
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, Oslo
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and the Shetland Islands
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. Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Cape Farewell Archipelago. The area is part of the Kujalleq
Kujalleq (Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: , ) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb).
Creation
The munic ...
municipality. King Frederick VI Coast
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stretches from Cape Farewell to Pikiulleq Bay (former spelling 'Pikiutdleq') in the north along the eastern coast of Greenland.
Climate
See also
* List of countries by southernmost point
References
External links
Aerial photographs of the Kap Farvel area
Ketilidian structure and the rapakivi suite between Lindenow Fjord and Kap Farvel, South-East Greenland
Farewell
Kujalleq
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