Cape Farewell, Greenland

Cape Farewell ( kl, Nunap Isua; da, Kap Farvel) is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island, Nunap Isua Archipelago, Greenland.Cape Farewell
/ref> As the southernmost point of the country, it is one of the important Geography of Greenland#Extreme points, landmarks of Greenland.

Geography

Located at , excluding small offshore islets, this cape is the Extreme points of Greenland, southernmost extent of Greenland, projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea on the same latitude as St Petersburg, Oslo and the Shetland, Shetland Islands. Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Cape Farewell Archipelago. The area is part of the Kujalleq municipality. King Frederick VI Coast stretches from Cape Farewell to Pikiulleq Bay (former spelling 'Pikiutdleq') in the north along the eastern coast of Greenland.

See also

*List of countries by southernmost point

References

External links

Aerial photographs of the Kap Farvel area

Ketilidian structure and the rapakivi suite between Lindenow Fjord and Kap Farvel, South-East Greenland

Headlands of Greenland, Farewell
Kujalleq

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