Cape Weyprecht

{{Short description |Headland in Spitsbergen, Svalbard}}

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| location = Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

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Cape Weyprecht[http://au.expeditions.com/daily-expedition-reports/142401/ Zeff, Steve. 2015. South End Hinlopen Strait From the National Geographic Endeavour in Arctic Norway. August 5.]Conway, William Martin. 1897. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: J.M. Dent & Company, p. 288. ({{langx|no|Kapp Weyprecht}}){{Cite web |url=http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Kapp+Weyprecht |title=Stadnamn i norske polarområde: Kapp Weyprecht (Svalbard). |access-date=2016-04-29 |archive-date=2016-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601222832/http://placenames.npolar.no/stadnamn/Kapp+Weyprecht |url-status=dead }} is a headland in the northeast part of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, in the area known as Olav V Land.

The cape is named after Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian officer and polar explorer. Together with Julius von Payer, he led the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition that discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873. Weyprecht himself was never on Svalbard.

About {{convert|2|km|mi|sp=us}} east of Cape Weyprecht lie Mack Island, Torkildsen Island, and Isaksen Island, all part of the Rønnbeck Islands.

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Category:Headlands of Spitsbergen

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