Cape Brewster | |
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  Cape Brewster | |
| Coordinates: 70°9′N22°3′W / 70.150°N 22.050°W | |
| Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Greenland Sea |
| Native name | Kangikajik (Greenlandic) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
| Elevation | 1200 |
Cape Brewster (Danish : Kap Brewster; Greenlandic : Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the Greenland Sea, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.
This headland was named Cape Brewster by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour his friend, inventor David Brewster (1781–1868). [1]
Cape Brewster is the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous Savoia Peninsula and the northernmost point of the Blosseville Coast. [2]
It is located at the end of the southern side of the mouth of the Scoresby Sound, opposite Cape Tobin (Uunarteq). [3] The cape lies in the desolate and impressive area of the southern shore of the sound with steep dark basalt walls rising between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,280-6,560 ft). [4]
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