Cape Discord (), also known as Kangeq, is a headland in the

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, southeast

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Kujalleq Kujalleq (Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: , ) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb). Creation The munic ...

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History

Cape Discord was named in old maps before Lieutenant

Wilhelm August Graah Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828–30, was sent by King Frederick VI of Denmark on an expedition to the unmapped eastern coast with ...

passed it in 1829 during his East Coast expedition. Graah took a latitude observation at the headland.

Geography

Cape Discord is located east of

Danell Fjord Iluileq () is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 100 This fjord was named by Wilhelm August Graah after David Danell, a Dutchman ...

, at the eastern end of

Iluileq Iluileq (named 'Ilivilik' in old maps) is an uninhabited island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. History Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) met groups of Southeast-Greenland Inuit on the island during his 1828–30 expeditio ...

Island, northeast of the mouth of

Paatusoq Paatusoq, mentioned as 'Patursok' by Wilhelm August Graah, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southeastern Greenland. Its name means "The one with the big mouth" in the Greenlandic language. Geography Paatusoq Fjo ...

Fjord.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 100 The entrance of

Kangerluk Fjord Kangerluk, also known as ''Kangerluluarak'', is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. History In Kangerluk there is a small cove at a place named Saqqap Nuua (Serkertnua) where Lieutenant Wilhelm Aug ...

is NW and that of Kuutseq Fjord SSW of the cape.

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Seabirds and seals in Southeast Greenland

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