Cape Egede

Cape Egede Kap Egede
Cape
Cape Egede
Coordinates: 60°9′N 45°23′W
Location	Kujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Labrador Sea
Area
• Total	Arctic

Cape Egede (Danish: Kap Egede) is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality near the modern settlement of Nanortalik. It is named after Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede.

Geography

The cape is located at the southern end of Sermersooq Island (Sermersok) off the western coast of Nanortalik Island roughly between Cape Thordvaldsen and Cape Farewell.[1] The Kitsissut Islands lie offshore to the south of the cape.[2]

References

1. Kap Egede
2. War Diary, 3/1/43 to 5/31/43 › Page 36