Cape Peary Kap Peary | |
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  Cape Peary | |
| Coordinates: 76°48′52″N70°3′27″W / 76.81444°N 70.05750°W Coordinates: 76°48′52″N70°3′27″W / 76.81444°N 70.05750°W | |
| Location | Avannaata, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Granville Fjord Baffin Bay |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
| Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) [1] |
Cape Peary (Danish : Kap Peary) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland. [2]
This cape was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856 - 1920).
Cape Peary is located on the eastern side of the shore of Granville Fjord just north of the Drinkard Bluff, about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the fjord's mouth and 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of the Moriusaq Inuit settlement. [3]
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