Wilcox Head

{{Location map|Greenland Upernavik Archipelago|lat_dir=N|lat_deg=74|lat_min=29|lat_sec=25|lon_dir=W|lon_deg=57|lon_min=30|lon_sec=45|width=300|mark=Blue_pog.svg|marksize=10|caption=Wilcox Head (Upernavik Archipelago)}}

Wilcox Head is a cape in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

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The cape is the western promontory on Kiatassuaq Island,Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 delimiting the southern end of Melville Bay, with the other end defined as Cape York, {{convert|297.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest, in northern Baffin Bay. An alternative endpoint for the bay is Nuussuup Nuua, the western promontory on Nuussuaq Peninsula.{{cite journal |journal=Suluk |year=2010 |volume=4 |publisher=Air Greenland |author=Pia Christensen Bang |title=Tracking polar bears |pages=16}}

References

Category:Headlands of Greenland

Category:Inussulik Bay

Category:Melville Bay

Category:Upernavik Archipelago