| Cape Desolation Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât (Greenlandic)Kap Desolation | |
|---|---|
| Cape | |
  Cape Desolation | |
| Coordinates: 60°44′02″N 48°10′26″W / 60.734°N 48.174°W / 60.734; -48.174 | |
| Location | Kujalleq, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Labrador Sea |
| Native name | Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât (Greenlandic) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
| Elevation | 600 |
Cape Desolation (Danish: Kap Desolation, Greenlandic: Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality.
Geography
The cape is located 16.66 km to the west-north-west of Cape Thorvaldsen near the modern settlements of Arsuk and Ivittuut. The cape is in an impressive stack of jagged cliffs with the reddish crags of the Killavaat mountain range in the background. The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 9.5 km west-north-west of the cape.
References
- Kap Desolation
- Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 25
External links
- Weather forecast for Kap Desolation, Kujalleq (Greenland) Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
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