Cape Egede Kap Egede | |
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  Cape Egede | |
| Coordinates: 60°9′N45°23′W / 60.150°N 45.383°W | |
| Location | Kujalleq, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Labrador Sea |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
Cape Egede (Danish : Kap Egede) is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality near the modern settlement of Nanortalik. It is named after Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede.
The cape is located at the southern end of Sermersooq Island (Sermersok) off the western coast of Nanortalik Island roughly between Cape Thordvaldsen and Cape Farewell. [1] The Kitsissut Islands lie offshore to the south of the cape. [2]
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