Cape Hope

Cape Hope (Danish: Kap Hope; Greenlandic: Noorajik Kangitteq, meaning 'the western little cape') is a headland in the Scoresby Sound, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

Cape Hope
Noorajik Kangitteq
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Coordinates70°27.7′N 22°22.9′W
Offshore water bodiesScoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Elevation23
AreaArctic

There was a settlement east of the cape known as Kap Hope (Ittaajimmiit).[1]

History

This headland was named Cape Hope by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour Samuel Hope esq. of Everton, Liverpool, grandfather of Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden.[1]

Geography

Cape Hope is the southwesternmost point of Liverpool Land. It rises east of the mouth of Hurry Inlet, opposite Cape Stewart.[2]

It is located in the northern shore of Scoresby Sound, near Ittoqqortoormiit.[3]

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See also

References

  1. Place names, NE Greenland
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
  3. "Kap Hope". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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