Cape Brewster ( da, Kap Brewster; kl, Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the

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, east

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Sermersooq Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...

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History

This headland was named Cape Brewster by

William Scoresby William Scoresby (5 October 178921 March 1857) was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman. Early years Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William S ...

(1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour his friend, inventor

David Brewster Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA Scot FSSA MICE (11 December 178110 February 1868) was a British scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator. In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optic ...

(1781–1868).Place names, NE Greenland
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Geography

Cape Brewster is the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous

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and the northernmost point of the

Blosseville Coast The Blosseville Coast ( da, Blosseville Kyst) is a long stretch of coast in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Sermersooq Municipality. The Blosseville Coast is steep and difficult to access by ship owing ...

. It is located at the end of the southern side of the mouth of the

Scoresby Sound Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately

, opposite Cape Tobin (''Uunarteq''). The cape lies in the desolate and impressive area of the southern shore of the sound with steep dark basalt walls rising between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,280-6,560 ft).Kap Brewster
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Cape Brewster, Greenland
Headlands of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub

History

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