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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Cape James Hill
Coordinates: 83°36′N30°25′W / 83.600°N 30.417°W / 83.600; -30.417
Location Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
Offshore water bodies Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean
Area
  Total Arctic

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

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]

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.

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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.