Cape Peary

Cape Peary Kap Peary
Cape
Cape Peary
Coordinates: 76°48′52″N 70°3′27″W / 76.81444°N 70.05750°W / 76.81444; -70.05750
Location	Avannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Granville Fjord Baffin Bay
Area
• Total	Arctic
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)[1]

Cape Peary (Danish: Kap Peary) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.^[2]

History

This cape was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856–1920).

Geography

Cape Peary is located on the eastern side of the shore of Granville Fjord just north of the Drinkard Bluff, about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the fjord's mouth and 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of the Moriusaq Inuit settlement.^[3]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

• North Star Bay

References

1. "Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 174, 1997, p. 120 - GEUS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
2. Geonames; Kap Peary: Greenland
3. "Kap Peary". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 June 2019.