Cape Cleveland, Avannaata

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Cape Cleveland
Kap Cleveland, Innartalik
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Cape Cleveland
Coordinates: 77°34′N70°15′W / 77.567°N 70.250°W / 77.567; -70.250 Coordinates: 77°34′N70°15′W / 77.567°N 70.250°W / 77.567; -70.250
LocationNW Greenland
Offshore water bodies Murchison Sound
Baffin Bay
Area
  Total Arctic
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)

Cape Cleveland (Danish : Kap Cleveland), also known as Innartalik, is a headland in Northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality.

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Geography

Cape Cleveland is located in the northern shore of Murchison Sound, north of Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) near the entrance of Inglefield Gulf, Baffin Bay. [1] It rises at the western end of Piulip Nunaa, on the eastern side of the mouth of MacCormick Fjord. [2]

Map of Northwestern Greenland Operational Navigation Chart B-8, 3rd edition.jpg
Map of Northwestern Greenland
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf. Northward over the great ice - a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe (14779963574).jpg
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

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References

  1. "Kap Cleveland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 89