Cape Desolation

Cape Desolation Killavaat Nuugaatsiaat (Greenlandic) Kap Desolation
Cape
Cape Desolation with the Northern Lights
Cape Desolation
Coordinates: 60°44′02″N48°10′26″W / 60.734°N 48.174°W / 60.734; -48.174
Location	Kujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Labrador Sea
Area
• Total	Arctic
Elevation	600

Cape Desolation (Greenlandic : Killavaat Nuugaatsiaat ^[a] , Danish : Kap Desolation), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality.

Geography

The cape is located 16.66 km to the west-north-west of Cape Thorvaldsen near the modern settlements of Arsuk and Ivittuut. ^[1] The cape is in an impressive stack of jagged cliffs with the reddish crags of the Killavaat mountain range in the background. ^[2] The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 9.5 km west-north-west of the cape.

References

1. formerly spelled as Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât

1. Kap Desolation
2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 25

External links

• Weather forecast for Kap Desolation, Kujalleq (Greenland) Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine