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Cape Cleveland, Lincoln Sea

Coordinates: 82°18′N 52°15′W / 82.300°N 52.250°W / 82.300; -52.250
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Cape Cleveland
Kap Cleveland
Cape Cleveland is located in Greenland
Cape Cleveland
Cape Cleveland
Coordinates: 82°18′N 52°15′W / 82.300°N 52.250°W / 82.300; -52.250
LocationNorth Greenland
Offshore water bodiesSherard Osborn Fjord
Lincoln Sea
Area
 • TotalArctic

Cape Cleveland (Danish: Kap Cleveland) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Geography

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Cape Cleveland is located at the northern end of Castle Island, at the mouth of the Sherard Osborn Fjord opposite the eastern shore of Hendrik Island.[1]

Pointing towards the Lincoln Sea, it is one of the two capes of the island, together with the southernmost headland, Cape Gray.[2]

Map of the Nares Strait area.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kap Cleveland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  2. ^ Sven Hedin Firn, Army Map Service, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Greenland 1:250,000