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Cape Gray, Greenland

Coordinates: 82°13′N 51°49′W / 82.217°N 51.817°W / 82.217; -51.817
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Cape Gray
Kap Gray
Cape Gray is located in Greenland
Cape Gray
Cape Gray
Coordinates: 82°13′N 51°49′W / 82.217°N 51.817°W / 82.217; -51.817
LocationNorth Greenland
Offshore water bodiesSherard Osborn Fjord
Lincoln Sea
Area
 • TotalArctic

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

Geography

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

Pointing towards the inner fjord, it is one of the two capes of the island, together with the northernmost headland, Cape Cleveland.[2]

Map of the Nares Strait area.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kap Gray". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Sven Hedin Firn, Army Map Service, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Greenland 1:250,000