Cape Washington Kap Washington | |
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 Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland | |
  Cape Washington | |
| Coordinates: 83°31′N38°0′W / 83.517°N 38.000°W Coordinates: 83°31′N38°0′W / 83.517°N 38.000°W | |
| Location | Peary Land, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Lincoln Sea |
| Elevation | 885 m (2,904 ft) |
Cape Washington (Danish : Kap Washington) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Washington is located 14.5 km (9.0 mi) east of Cape Kane, [1] off the mouth of the Hunt Fjord at the northern end of the Roosevelt Land Peninsula. Benedict Fjord lies to the east of the cape with its mouth between Cape Washington and Cape Cannon. [2] The Raven Glacier has its terminus on the western side, south of Cape Washington, in the area of the mouth of Hunt Fjord. [3]
Together with Cape Cannon and Cape Christian IV, Cape Washington is one of the northernmost headlands of mainland Greenland, east of Cape Morris Jesup. [2]
Cape Morris Jesup is a headland in Peary Land, Greenland.
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland's mainland, and Cape Bridgman in the northeast.
Cape Morton is a headland in North Greenland in Avannaata municipality. The cape is named after Arctic explorer William Morton, who surveyed the Nares Strait area together with Hans Hendrik in June 1854 during the Second Grinnell Expedition.
Academy Glacier, is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
Cape Bridgman is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland.
Sands Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Benedict Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
Cape Gray is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Cleveland is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Lockwood Island is an island of the Lincoln Sea, Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Hunt Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north the fjord has its mouth in the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Cannon is a headland in the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Peary is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.
Cape Harald Moltke is a headland in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Clarence Wyckoff, also known as Cape Wyckoff, is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape John Flagler is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Henry Parish is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Herluf Trolle Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Kane is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Christiansen is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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