Cape Thorvaldsen ( da, Kap Thorvaldsen) is a headland in southwest

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is ...

in the

Kujalleq Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) 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 ...

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Geography

The cape is located southeast of

Cape Desolation Cape Desolation ( da, Kap Desolation), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality. Geography The cape is located 16.66 km to the west-north-west of Cape Thorvaldsen near the modern settlements of ...

near the settlements of

Qaqortoq Qaqortoq, formerly Julianehåb, is a city in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,050 in 2020, it is the most populous town and the municipal capital in southern Greenland and the ...

and Narsaq Kujalleq (Frederiksdal). The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 26 km west-north-west of the cape.War Diary, 3/1/43 to 5/31/43 › Page 36
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References

External links

Selection of cod by bottom trawl codends in Southwest Greenland Waters - ICNAF

Thorvaldsen Thorvaldsen is a surname. People with the name include: * Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), Danish/Icelandic sculptor * Randi Thorvaldsen (1925–2011), Norwegian speedskater * Thor Thorvaldsen (1909–1987), Norwegian Olympic sailor * Unn Thorva ...

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