Cape James Hill

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Cape James Hill
Kap James Hill
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1903 Robert Peary map section showing his 1900 explorations in far Northern Greenland.
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Location Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
Coordinates 83°36′N30°25′W / 83.600°N 30.417°W / 83.600; -30.417 Coordinates: 83°36′N30°25′W / 83.600°N 30.417°W / 83.600; -30.417
Offshore water bodies Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean
Area Arctic

Cape James Hill (Danish : Kap James Hill) is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland.

Danish language North Germanic language spoken in Denmark

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.

A headland is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape. Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves, rocky shores, intense erosion, and steep sea cliff.

Wandel Sea A body of water in the Arctic Ocean from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard

The Wandel Sea is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.

Contents

The cape was named by Robert Peary after James J. Hill, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. [1]

Robert Peary explorer from the United States

Robert Edwin Peary Sr. was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909.

James J. Hill United States railroad promoter and financier

James Jerome Hill, was a Canadian-American railroad executive. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest. Because of the size of this region and the economic dominance exerted by the Hill lines, Hill became known during his lifetime as "The Empire Builder".

Peary Arctic Club

The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary.

Geography

Cape James Hill is located east of Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land, between Constable Bay to the west and Bliss Bay to the east. [2] It is the nearest land to Kaffeklubben Island (Oodaap Qeqertaa) located about 9 km (5.6 mi) to the northeast. [3] Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Cape Morris Jesup cape

Cape Morris Jesup is a headland in Peary Land, Greenland.

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Constable Bay bay in Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland

Constable Bay is a bay in the Wandel Sea, Northern Greenland.Administratively Constable Bay and its surroundings belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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Map of Greenland section.

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References

  1. ↑ Robert E. Peary, Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 -1906. p. 329
  2. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 130
  3. ↑ "Kap James Hill". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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