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Cape Brewster

Cape Brewster

Headland in Sermersooq, Greenland

Cape Brewster (Danish: Kap Brewster; Greenlandic: Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the Greenland Sea, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

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History

This headland was named Cape Brewster by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour his friend, inventor David Brewster (1781–1868).[1]

Geography

Cape Brewster is the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous Savoia Peninsula and the northernmost point of the Blosseville Coast.[2]

It is located at the end of the southern side of the mouth of the Scoresby Sound, opposite Cape Tobin (Uunarteq).[3] The cape lies in the desolate and impressive area of the southern shore of the sound with steep dark basalt walls rising between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,280-6,560 ft).[4]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Place names, NE Greenland
  2. [2]
    Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 111
  3. [3]
    Kap Tobin
  4. [4]
    Kap Brewster
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