Cape Hope (Danish: Kap Hope; Greenlandic: Noorajik Kangitteq, meaning 'the western little cape') is a headland in the Scoresby Sound, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.
Cape Hope
Noorajik Kangitteq | |
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  Cape Hope | |
| Coordinates: 70°27.7′N 22°22.9′W / 70.4617°N 22.3817°W | |
| Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Scoresby Sound Greenland Sea |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
| Elevation | 23 |
There was a settlement east of the cape known as Kap Hope (Ittaajimmiit).[1]
History edit
This headland was named Cape Hope by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour Samuel Hope esq. of Everton, Liverpool, grandfather of Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden.[1]
Geography edit
Cape Hope is the southwesternmost point of Liverpool Land. It rises east of the mouth of Hurry Inlet, opposite Cape Stewart.[2]
It is located in the northern shore of Scoresby Sound, near Ittoqqortoormiit.[3]
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Place names, NE Greenland
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
- ^ "Kap Hope". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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