Cape Thorvaldsen

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Cape Thorvaldsen
Kap Thorvaldsen
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Cape Thorvaldsen
Coordinates: 60°40′N47°55′W / 60.667°N 47.917°W / 60.667; -47.917
Location Kujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodies Labrador Sea
Area
  Total Arctic

Cape Thorvaldsen (Danish : Kap Thorvaldsen) is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality.

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Geography

The cape is located southeast of Cape Desolation near the settlements of Qaqortoq and Narsaq Kujalleq (Frederiksdal). [1] The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 26 km west-north-west of the cape. [2] [3]

References

  1. Kap Thorvaldsen
  2. Wilhelm August Graah, Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, p. 160
  3. War Diary, 3/1/43 to 5/31/43 › Page 36