Cape John Flagler (Danish: Kap John Flagler) is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.[1]
Cape John Flagler
Kap John Flagler | |
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 Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland | |
  Cape John Flagler | |
| Coordinates: 83°10′N 26°00′W / 83.167°N 26.000°W | |
| Location | Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
The cape was named in 1900 by Robert Peary after John M. Flagler, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[2]
Geography edit
Cape John Flagler is located on the southern side of the mouth of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord, Peary Land.[3][4]
Cape Bridgman is the headland on the northern side of the fjord entrance and was Robert Peary's easternmost accurate geographic exploration in the north of Greenland, for further south he encountered fog.[5]
References edit
- ^ Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica Vol XIV - 0466
- ^ How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 125
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 p. 101
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