It is a pronounced projection. It delimits the northwestern end of 190-mile (310 km) Melville Bay, with the other end commonly defined as Wilcox Head, the western promontory on Kiatassuaq Island.[1]De Dodes Fjord and Sidebriksfjord are north of the cape, and the Crimson Cliffs to the west.[2]
A chain of small coastal islands stretches between Cape York and Cape Melville to the east, the largest of which is Meteorite Island.[3] The cape is 37 km (23 mi) west-south-west of Savissivik, the settlement on Meteorite Island.
There was one nearer permanent settlement, Perlernerit, approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the cape.
HistoryEdit
The cape was the one of many places visited in 1894 by Admiral Robert Peary during his second expedition to the Arctic. A way east across the bay is the island of discovery of the Cape York Meteorite fragments. In the Greenlandic language, the name of the settlement Savissivik on the island close to the cape means 'place of meteorite iron' (savik = iron/knife),[4] alluding to the numerous meteorites from 10,000 years ago that have been found in the area.[5] The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 100 tonnes before it exploded.[5] The iron from the meteorite attracted migrating Inuit from Arctic Canada.[5]
cape, york, greenland, this, article, about, cape, australia, with, same, name, cape, york, peninsula, cape, york, greenlandic, perlernerit, cape, northwestern, coast, greenland, northern, baffin, cape, york, perlerneritcapecape, yorkcoordinates, 910639, 41238. This article is about Cape York Greenland For the cape in Australia with the same name see Cape York Peninsula Cape York Greenlandic Perlernerit is a cape on the northwestern coast of Greenland in northern Baffin Bay Cape York PerlerneritCapeCape YorkCoordinates 75 54 38 3 N 66 24 44 6 W 75 910639 N 66 412389 W 75 910639 66 412389LocationAvannaata GreenlandOffshore water bodiesBaffin BayArea TotalArctic Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Photographs 4 See also 5 ReferencesGeography EditIt is a pronounced projection It delimits the northwestern end of 190 mile 310 km Melville Bay with the other end commonly defined as Wilcox Head the western promontory on Kiatassuaq Island 1 De Dodes Fjord and Sidebriksfjord are north of the cape and the Crimson Cliffs to the west 2 A chain of small coastal islands stretches between Cape York and Cape Melville to the east the largest of which is Meteorite Island 3 The cape is 37 km 23 mi west south west of Savissivik the settlement on Meteorite Island There was one nearer permanent settlement Perlernerit approximately 2 kilometres 1 2 mi northeast of the cape History EditThe cape was the one of many places visited in 1894 by Admiral Robert Peary during his second expedition to the Arctic A way east across the bay is the island of discovery of the Cape York Meteorite fragments In the Greenlandic language the name of the settlement Savissivik on the island close to the cape means place of meteorite iron savik iron knife 4 alluding to the numerous meteorites from 10 000 years ago that have been found in the area 5 The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 100 tonnes before it exploded 5 The iron from the meteorite attracted migrating Inuit from Arctic Canada 5 Photographs Edit Glaciers and icebergs at Cape York Greenland Icebergs around Cape York Cape York Robert Peary monument seen from a helicopter Robert Peary monument at Cape York Wet terrain with moss at Cape YorkSee also EditMeteorite IslandReferences Edit Upernavik Avannarleq Saga Map Tage Schjott 1992 De Dodes Fjord Mapcarta Retrieved 30 March 2019 1 1 000 000 scale Operational Navigation Chart Sheet B 8 3rd edition quarkexpeditions com permanent dead link a b c Lured by iron meteorite Suluk Air Greenland 4 6 2010 This Greenland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cape York Greenland amp oldid 1169183924, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
