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Cape Alexander, Greenland

Coordinates: 78°11′N 73°3′W / 78.183°N 73.050°W / 78.183; -73.050
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Cape Alexander
Ullersuaq, Uvdlerssuak, Sarfalik
View of Cape Alexander
View of Cape Alexander
Cape Alexander is located in Greenland
Cape Alexander
Cape Alexander
Coordinates: 78°11′N 73°3′W / 78.183°N 73.050°W / 78.183; -73.050
LocationAvannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesBaffin Bay
Area
 • TotalArctic

Cape Alexander (Greenlandic: Ullersuaq, also Uvdlerssuak and Sarfalik; Danish: Kap Alexander) is a headland in the Baffin Bay, northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.

Geography

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Cape Alexander is located in Prudhoe Land, at the western end of Hartstene Bay with the Dodge Glacier to the east and the Storm Glacier to the southeast.[1] This headland is the westernmost point of the island of Greenland.[2]

Sutherland Island (Tigssarfik) lies 5 km (3.1 mi) off the shore to the southeast. The small Carey Islands are located further to the west; among them Nordvestø (73°10'W), the westernmost point of Greenland as a territory.[3]

Ullersuaq amongst the extreme points of Greenland

See also

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