Cape Melville Nallortup Nuua | |
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  Cape Melville | |
| Coordinates: 76°2′53″N64°2′40″W / 76.04806°N 64.04444°W | |
| Location | Avannaata, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Baffin Bay |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
| Elevation | 275 m (902 ft) |
Cape Melville (Danish : Kap Melville; Greenlandic : Nallortup Nuua) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland. [1]
Cape Melville is located at the eastern end of Meteor Bay. [2]
The cape lies at the northern limits of Melville Bay to the east of Cape York. A chain of small coastal islands stretches between the two capes, the largest of which is Meteorite Island. [3]
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Cape York may refer to:
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Melville may refer to:
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Cape Murdoch is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.
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