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Cape Egede

Coordinates: 60°9′N 45°23′W / 60.150°N 45.383°W / 60.150; -45.383
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Cape Egede
Kap Egede
Cape Egede is located in Greenland
Cape Egede
Cape Egede
Coordinates: 60°9′N 45°23′W / 60.150°N 45.383°W / 60.150; -45.383
LocationKujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesLabrador Sea
Area
 • TotalArctic

Cape Egede (Danish: Kap Egede) is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality near the modern settlement of Nanortalik. It is named after Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede.

Geography

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The cape is located at the southern end of Sermersooq Island (Sermersok) off the western coast of Nanortalik Island roughly between Cape Thordvaldsen and Cape Farewell.[1] The Kitsissut Islands lie offshore to the south of the cape.[2]

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