Cape Brewster

Cape Brewster (Danish: Kap Brewster; Greenlandic: Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the Greenland Sea, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

Cape Brewster
Kangikajik (Greenlandic)
Headland
Cape Brewster is located in Greenland
Cape Brewster
Cape Brewster
Coordinates: 70°9′N 22°3′W
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesGreenland Sea
Native nameKangikajik (Greenlandic)
Area
 • TotalArctic
Elevation1200

History

This headland was named Cape Brewster by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour his friend, inventor David Brewster (1781–1868).[1]

Geography

Cape Brewster is the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous Savoia Peninsula and the northernmost point of the Blosseville Coast.[2]

It is located at the end of the southern side of the mouth of the Scoresby Sound, opposite Cape Tobin (Uunarteq).[3] The cape lies in the desolate and impressive area of the southern shore of the sound with steep dark basalt walls rising between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,280-6,560 ft).[4]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also

References
  1. Place names, NE Greenland
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 111
  3. Kap Tobin
  4. Kap Brewster
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