Cape Atholl ( da, Kap Atholl), also known as Kangaarasuk, is a headland in Northwest

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Avannaata Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) 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 I ...

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. This cape was named by Commander James Saunders, after

Atholl Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. Hi ...

, the class to which his ship HMS ''North Star'' belonged, during the winter 1849–50 in which he was frozen in the

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to the north and named landmarks in the area.

History

''Cape Atholl'' was a

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station in Northwest Greenland, south of

Thule Air Base Thule Air Base (pronounced or , kl, Qaanaaq Mitarfik, da, Thule Lufthavn), or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport , is the United States Space Force's northernmost base, and the northernmost installation of the U.S. Armed Forces, located north o ...

. It was established in 1954 and disestablished in 1975.Fact Sheet at LORAN History Site
/ref> The station was located at Quaratit, about southeast of Cape Atholl proper. *Latitude: 76°18'56.62"N *Longitude: 69°21'21.03"W

Geography

Cape Atholl is located in the mainland, in the eastern shore of Bylot Sound,

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Ar ...

. It rises at the southern end of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord and opposite the eastern end of

Wolstenholme Island Wolstenholme Island ( kl, Qeqertarssuaq) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwestern Greenland. The island lies west of the Bylot Sound off Cape Atholl in the southern shore of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord, sou ...

.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 85

References

External links

Greenland Pilot - Danish Geodata Agency
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1954 establishments in Greenland 1975 disestablishments in Greenland Military installations established in 1954 Military installations closed in 1975