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Cape Alexander Ullersuaq, Uvdlerssuak, Sarfalik
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Cape Alexander is located in GreenlandCape AlexanderCape Alexander
Coordinates: 78°11′N 73°3′W / 78.183°N 73.050°W / 78.183; -73.050
LocationAvannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesBaffin Bay
Area
 • TotalArctic

Cape Alexander (Greenlandic: Ullersuaq, also Uvdlerssuak and Sarfalik; Danish: Kap Alexander) is a headland in the Baffin Bay, northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.

Geography

Cape Alexander is located in Prudhoe Land, at the western end of Hartstene Bay with the Dodge Glacier to the east and the Storm Glacier to the southeast. This headland is the westernmost point of the island of Greenland.

Sutherland Island (Tigssarfik) lies 5 km (3.1 mi) off the shore to the southeast. The small Carey Islands are located further to the west; among them Nordvestø (73°10'W), the westernmost point of Greenland as a territory.

Ullersuaq amongst the extreme points of Greenland

See also

References

  1. Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  2. Cape Alexander, Greenland at GEOnet Names Server
  3. 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition
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