Cape Shackleton

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Cape Shackleton (Upernavik Archipelago)
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Cape Shackleton

Cape Shackleton is a cape in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The cape is the western promontory on Apparsuit Island, [1] delimiting the northern end of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago.

This headland was known to whalers as "Horse's Head". [2] 73°48′13″N56°49′57″W / 73.80361°N 56.83250°W / 73.80361; -56.83250

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References

  1. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  2. Clements R. Markham, Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, p. 82