Cape Alexander, Greenland

Cape Alexander

*Ullersuaq*, Uvdlerssuak, Sarfalik
Cape Alexander Ullersuaq, Uvdlerssuak, Sarfalik
Cape
	View of Cape Alexander
	Cape Alexander
	Coordinates: 78°11′N 73°3′W / 78.183°N 73.050°W
Location	Avannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Baffin Bay
Area
• Total	Arctic

Cape Alexander (Greenlandic: Ullersuaq, also Uvdlerssuak and Sarfalik; Danish: Kap Alexander) is a headland in the Baffin Bay, northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.

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Cape Alexander is located in Prudhoe Land, at the western end of Hartstene Bay with the Dodge Glacier to the east and the Storm Glacier to the southeast.^[1] This headland is the westernmost point of the island of Greenland.^[2]

Sutherland Island (Tigssarfik) lies 5 km (3.1 mi) off the shore to the southeast. The small Carey Islands are located further to the west; among them Nordvestø (73°10'W), the westernmost point of Greenland as a territory.^[3]

*Ullersuaq* amongst the extreme points of Greenland

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[NA-1] Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne

[2] Cape Alexander, Greenland at GEOnet Names Server

[3] 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition

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