Cape Morton () is a headland in North
Greenland
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in
Avannaata
Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.
Geography
In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
. The cape is named after Arctic explorer
William Morton, who surveyed the Nares Strait area together with
Hans Hendrik
Hans Hendrik (; 2 June 1832 – 11 August 1889) was a Kalaaleq interpreter, Arctic explorer, and the first Inuk to publish an account of his travels. He was born in the southern settlement of Fiskenæsset.
Expeditions
Second Grinnel ...
in June 1854 during the
Second Grinnell Expedition.
Fossils dating back to the
Homerian
In the geologic timescale, the Homerian is an age of the Wenlock Epoch of the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era of the Phanerozoic Eon that is comprehended between 430.5 ± 0.7 Ma and 427.4 ± 0.5 Ma (million years ago), approximately. ...
have been found in the area of the cape. They belong to the
Kap Morton Formation of the
Peary Land Group
The Peary Land Group is a geologic group in Greenland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.
Formations
The following formations are included in the Peary Land Group:
* Adams Bjerg Formation
* Cape Schuchert Formation
*Pentam ...
.
Geography
Cape Morton is located west of
Cape Lucie Marie, off the mouth of the
Petermann Fjord
Petermann Fjord is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it marks the boundary between the Avannaata municipality and the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The fjord and its glacier are named after German cartographer August Heinr ...
opposite
Cape Tyson at the northern end of the
Petermann Peninsula Petermann may refer to:
Places Antarctica
*Petermann Island
* Petermann Ranges (Antarctica)
Australia
*Petermann, Northern Territory, a locality
*Petermann Orogeny, a geological feature
* Petermann Ranges (Australia)
Greenland
*Petermann Glaci ...
. Mushroom-shaped
Joe Island lies 3.2 km from the shore west-north-west of the cape.
Together with
Cape Baird
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment of any length that hangs loosely and connects either at the neck or shoulders. They usually cover the back, shoulders, and arms. They come in a variety of styles and have been used thr ...
on the eastern coast of
Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island (; ) is Canada's northernmost and List of Canadian islands by area, third largest island, and the List of islands by area, tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of , slightly smaller than Great Britain, and the total ...
this cape marks the northern limit of the
Kennedy Channel
Kennedy Channel (; ; ) is an Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada's most northerly island, Ellesmere Island.
It was named by Elisha Kane around 1854 during his second Arctic voyage in search of the lost Franklin expedition. It is no ...
and the entrance of the
Hall Basin
Hall Basin is an Arctic waterway between Hall Land in Greenland to the east and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island, to the west.
Hall Basin is named after American polar explorer Charles Francis Hall.
Geography
Hall Basin is loca ...
, both part of the
Nares Strait
Nares Strait (; ) is a waterway between Ellesmere Island and Greenland that connects the northern part of Baffin Bay in the Atlantic Ocean with the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. From south to north, the strait includes Smith Sound, Kane Basi ...
.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 93]
See also
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North America
...
*
Peary Land
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nor ...
References
External links
The Second Thule Expedition to Northern Greenland, 1916-1918Weather forecast for Kap Morton, Qaasuitsup (Greenland)
Headlands of Greenland
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