Cape Stallworthy

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Cape Stallworthy (originally Svartevaeg) is the northernmost point of Axel Heiberg Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Originally named Svartevaeg ("black wall") by Otto Sverdrup, [1] it was later renamed in honor of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Harry Stallworthy, an Arctic explorer. [2] Frederick Cook began his 1908 North Pole journey from the cape. [1] Cape Stallworthy is sometimes confused with Cape Thomas Hubbard on the opposite side of Eetookashoo Bay.

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References

  1. 1 2 Kobalenko, Jerry (August 2010). The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island. BPS Books. pp. 60–. ISBN   978-1-926645-17-9 . Retrieved 10 September 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "Stallworthy, Harry, 1895-1976". University of Calgary. Retrieved 11 September 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

Coordinates: 81°23′06″N93°30′04″W / 81.385°N 93.501°W / 81.385; -93.501 (Cape Stallworthy)