Cape Cleveland, Avannaata

Cape Cleveland (Danish: Kap Cleveland), also known as Innartalik, is a headland in Northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality.

For the headland in North Greenland, see Cape Cleveland, Lincoln Sea.
Cape Cleveland
Kap Cleveland, Innartalik
Cape
Cape Cleveland is located in Greenland
Cape Cleveland
Cape Cleveland
Coordinates: 77°34′N 70°15′W
LocationNW Greenland
Offshore water bodiesMurchison Sound
Baffin Bay
Area
 • TotalArctic
Elevation17 metres (56 feet)

Geography

Cape Cleveland is located in the northern shore of Murchison Sound, north of Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) near the entrance of Inglefield Gulf, Baffin Bay.[1] It rises at the western end of Piulip Nunaa, on the eastern side of the mouth of MacCormick Fjord.[2]

Map of Northwestern Greenland
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

References
  1. "Kap Cleveland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 89
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