Cape Cleveland, Lincoln Sea

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Cape Cleveland
Kap Cleveland
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Cape Cleveland
Coordinates: 82°18′N52°15′W / 82.300°N 52.250°W / 82.300; -52.250
LocationNorth Greenland
Offshore water bodies Sherard Osborn Fjord
Lincoln Sea
Area
  Total Arctic

Cape Cleveland (Danish : Kap Cleveland) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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Geography

Cape Cleveland is located at the northern end of Castle Island, at the mouth of the Sherard Osborn Fjord opposite the eastern shore of Hendrik Island. [1]

Pointing towards the Lincoln Sea, it is one of the two capes of the island, together with the southernmost headland, Cape Gray. [2]

Map of the Nares Strait area. Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg
Map of the Nares Strait area.

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References

  1. "Kap Cleveland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. Sven Hedin Firn, Army Map Service, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Greenland 1:250,000