Cape Thorvaldsen Kap Thorvaldsen | |
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Coordinates: 60°40′N47°55′W / 60.667°N 47.917°W Coordinates: 60°40′N47°55′W / 60.667°N 47.917°W | |
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.
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]
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