Cape Peary

{{Short description|Headland in Greenland}}

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| name = Cape Peary

| other_name = Kap Peary

| type = Cape

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| location = Avannaata, Greenland

| water_bodies =Granville Fjord
Baffin Bay

| coordinates = {{coord|76|48|52|N|70|3|27|W|type:landmark_region:Gl_scale:1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation ={{convert|650|m|abbr=on}}[http://www.eng.geus.dk/media/12600/nr174_p120-135.pdf Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 174, 1997, p. 120 - GEUS]

| area = Arctic

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Cape Peary ({{langx|da|Kap Peary}}) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2894536&fid=1981&c=greenland Geonames; Kap Peary: Greenland]

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 {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} north of the fjord's mouth and {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}} northwest of the Moriusaq Inuit settlement.{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/20008150|title=Kap Peary|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=21 June 2019}}

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See also

References

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Peary

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