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Nordkapp (Jan Mayen)

Coordinates: 71°9.6′N 7°57.6′W / 71.1600°N 7.9600°W / 71.1600; -7.9600
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Nordkapp is located on the north(east)ern tip of Jan Mayen.

Nordkapp (North Cape) is the northernmost point of Jan Mayen, located at the northeastern extreme of the island.[1] The cape is some 490 km east of eastern Greenland, 880 km west northwest of mainland Norway (Lofoten) and 950 km southwest of Sørkapp, Svalbard.

References

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  1. ^ "Nordkapp (Jan Mayen)". Norsk Polarinstitutt.

71°9.6′N 7°57.6′W / 71.1600°N 7.9600°W / 71.1600; -7.9600