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Geographical feature in southwest Greenland
Cape Egede Kap Egede
Cape
Cape Egede is located in GreenlandCape EgedeCape Egede
Coordinates: 60°9′N 45°23′W / 60.150°N 45.383°W / 60.150; -45.383
LocationKujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesLabrador Sea
Area
 • TotalArctic

Cape Egede (Danish: Kap Egede) is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality near the modern settlement of Nanortalik. It is named after Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede.

Geography

The cape is located at the southern end of Sermersooq Island (Sermersok) off the western coast of Nanortalik Island roughly between Cape Thordvaldsen and Cape Farewell. The Kitsissut Islands lie offshore to the south of the cape.

References

  1. Kap Egede
  2. War Diary, 3/1/43 to 5/31/43 › Page 36
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