Cape Farewell, Greenland

"Cape Farewell" redirects here. For the cape in New Zealand, see Cape Farewell, New Zealand. For other uses, see Cape Farewell (disambiguation).

Cape Farewell (Greenlandic: Nunap Isua;^[1] Danish: Kap Farvel)^[2] is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island, Nunap Isua Archipelago, Greenland.^[3] As the southernmost point of the country, it is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.

Cape Farewell Nunap Isua
Cape
Cape Farewell
Coordinates: 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W / 59.77306; -43.92250Coordinates: 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W / 59.77306; -43.92250
Location	Kujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	North Atlantic Ocean
Area
• Total	Arctic

Geography

Located at 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W / 59.77306; -43.92250, excluding small offshore islets, this cape is the southernmost extent of Greenland, projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea on the same latitude as St Petersburg, Oslo and the Shetland Islands. Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Cape Farewell Archipelago. The area is part of the Kujalleq municipality. King Frederick VI Coast stretches from Cape Farewell to Pikiulleq Bay (former spelling 'Pikiutdleq') in the north along the eastern coast of Greenland.

Cape Farewell (in the centre of the image) and the rugged southern coast of Egger Island. The coast (dark) is generally surrounded by sea ice, making navigation treacherous.

Uummannarsuaq amongst the extreme points of Greenland

See also

• List of countries by southernmost point

References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
2. "Cape Farewell". Geonames. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
3. Cape Farewell

External links

• Aerial photographs of the Kap Farvel area