Cape Walløe

Cape Walløe (Danish: Kap Walløe), also known as Kangeq and Kangerssiuasik, is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Greenland, Kujalleq municipality.[1]

Cape Walløe
Kap Walløe, Kangeq, Kangerssiuasik
LocationKing Frederick VI Coast
Coordinates60°35′N 42°50′W
Offshore water bodiesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Elevation310 m (1,020 ft)
AreaArctic

History

Cape Walløe was named in 1829 by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after Dano-Norwegian Arctic explorer Peder Olsen Walløe (1716 – 1793) who was the first European known with certainty to have explored the southern part of the southeastern coast of Greenland using local umiak boats. This headland was the farthest point that Walløe reached up the then uncharted coast before he had to turn back[2] because he found it impossible to proceed further north owing to the ice.[3]

Geography

Cape Walløe is located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of the mouth of Nattoralik Fjord.[4] The entrance of Kangerluaraq Fjord lies to the NW around the cape.[5]

Map of Greenland section showing Kap Walløe

References
  1. Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland, p. 49
  2. Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 pp. 10-11
  3. W. A. Graah, Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, London, 1837, p. 67
  4. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 100
  5. "Kap Walløe". Mapcarta. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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