Cape Hope

For other uses, see Cape Hope (disambiguation).
Cape Hope
Noorajik Kangitteq
Cape
Cape Hope is located in Greenland
Cape Hope
Cape Hope
Coordinates: 70°27.7′N 22°22.9′W / 70.4617°N 22.3817°W / 70.4617; -22.3817
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesScoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Area
 • TotalArctic
Elevation23

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

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

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]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Place names, NE Greenland
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
  3. ^ "Kap Hope". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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