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Cape Cleveland, Avannaata

Coordinates: 77°34′N 70°15′W / 77.567°N 70.250°W / 77.567; -70.250
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Cape Cleveland
Kap Cleveland, Innartalik
Cape Cleveland is located in Greenland
Cape Cleveland
Cape Cleveland
Coordinates: 77°34′N 70°15′W / 77.567°N 70.250°W / 77.567; -70.250
LocationNW Greenland
Offshore water bodiesMurchison Sound
Baffin Bay
Area
 • TotalArctic
Elevation17 metres (56 feet)

Cape Cleveland (Danish: Kap Cleveland), also known as Innartalik, is a headland in Northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality.

Geography

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Cape Cleveland is located in the northern shore of Murchison Sound, north of Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) near the entrance of Inglefield Gulf, Baffin Bay.[1] It rises at the western end of Piulip Nunaa, on the eastern side of the mouth of MacCormick Fjord.[2]

Map of Northwestern Greenland
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

References

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  1. ^ "Kap Cleveland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 89
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