Cape Kane () is a

headland A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, Jo ...

in North

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

. Administratively it belongs to the

Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park (, ) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its p ...

.Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
/ref> Cape Kane was named after Arctic explorer

Elisha Kent Kane Elisha Kent Kane (February 3, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was a United States Navy medical officer and Arctic explorer. He served as assistant surgeon during Caleb Cushing's journey to China to negotiate the Treaty of Wangxia and in the A ...

(1820 – 1857) at the time that it was the nearest land to the North Pole that had been put on the map.

Geography

Cape Kane is a rocky headland located west of

Cape Washington Cape Washington is a prominent cape, , marking the south extremity of the cove which separates Wood Bay and Terra Nova Bay, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It separates the Borchgrevink Coast to the north from the Scott Coast to the south. It was ...

,''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 95 northeast of

Conger Sound Conger Sound (), also known as Conger Inlet, is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.Google Maps The sound was first put on the map at the time of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition led by Adolphus Greely. It was named after U.S. Sena ...

and off the western side of the mouth of Hunt Fjord.Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica 14
/ref> Hunt Fjord is under the influence of slow-moving

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

s discharging on both sides of Cape Kane that completely fill it and partially clog neighboring Conger Sound as well.North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production
/ref> Cape Kane is the westernmost point of the

Roosevelt Land Roosevelt Land () is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps The territory was named by Robert Peary after US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919). Geography Roosevelt Land ...

Peninsula.

Cape Christiansen Cape Christiansen () is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Cape Christiansen was named after Frederick Thorlip Christiansen (1846 – 1884), Inughuit dogsled driver and guide of ...

is the headland on the other side of Conger Sound, at the northern end of

Lockwood Island Lockwood Island () is an island of the Lincoln Sea, Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Lockwood Island is the northernmost sizeable coastal island of Greenland. The waters around the island are froz ...

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Explorers and Travellers Part 14
Headlands of Greenland Peary Land {{greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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