Cape Hope
Cape Hope
Noorajik Kangitteq | |
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| Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Scoresby Sound Greenland Sea |
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| • Total | Arctic |
| Elevation | 23 |
Cape Hope (Danish: Kap Hope; Greenlandic: Noorajik Kangitteq, meaning 'the western little cape') is a headland in the Scoresby Sound, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.
There was a hamlet east of the cape known as Kap Hope (Itserajivit or Ittaajimmiit, in East and West Greenlandic, respectively).[1] This settlement was closed in 2005. It appeared in one episode of the Canadian series Departures.
History
[edit | edit source]This headland was named Cape Hope by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour Samuel Hope esq. of Everton, Liverpool, grandfather of Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Cape Hope is the southwesternmost point of Liverpool Land. It rises east of the mouth of Hurry Inlet, opposite Cape Stewart.[2]
It is located in the northern shore of Scoresby Sound, near Ittoqqortoormiit.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Place names, NE Greenland
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
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