Cape Washington, Greenland
{{Short description|Headland in North Greenland}}
{{for|the headland in Antarctica|Cape Washington}}
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| other_name = Kap Washington
| type = Cape
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Cape Washington ({{langx|da|Kap Washington}}) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Geography
Cape Washington is located {{convert|14.5|km|abbr=on}} east of Cape Kane,Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95 off the mouth of the Hunt Fjord at the northern end of the Roosevelt Land Peninsula. Benedict Fjord lies to the east of the cape with its mouth between Cape Washington and Cape Cannon.{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19183142|title=Kap Washington|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=11 June 2019}} The Raven Glacier has its terminus on the western side, south of Cape Washington, in the area of the mouth of Hunt Fjord. R. E. Peary, Report of RE Peary, CE, USN, on Work Done in the Arctic in 1898-1902, 1903 - JSTOR
Together with Cape Cannon and Cape Christian IV, Cape Washington is one of the northernmost headlands of mainland Greenland, east of Cape Morris Jesup.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.jstor.org/stable/207633 The Second Thule Expedition to Northern Greenland, 1916-1918]
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Category:Headlands of Greenland
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