Cape Washington () 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 ...

Geography

Cape Washington is located east of

Cape Kane Cape Kane () is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Cape Kane was named after Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane (1820 – 1857) at the time that it was the nearest land to the North ...

, off the mouth of the

Hunt Fjord Hunt Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north the fjord has its mouth in the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. This fjord was named by Robert Peary in 19 ...

at the northern end 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.

Benedict Fjord Benedict Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. The fjord was named by Robert Peary in honor of New York banker and yachtsman E. C. Benedict, one of the promin ...

lies to the east of the cape with its mouth between Cape Washington and

Cape Cannon Cape Cannon () is a headland in the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. The cape was named by Robert Peary after Henry W. Cannon, one of the members of the Peary Arct ...

. The Raven Glacier has its terminus on the western side, south of Cape Washington, in the area of the mouth of Hunt Fjord. R. E. Peary, ''Report of RE Peary, CE, USN, on Work Done in the Arctic in 1898-1902'', 1903 - JSTOR Together with Cape Cannon and

Cape Christian IV A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment of any length that hangs loosely and connects either at the neck or shoulders. They usually cover the back, shoulders, and arms. They come in a variety of styles and have been used thr ...

, Cape Washington is one of the northernmost headlands of mainland Greenland, east of

Cape Morris Jesup Cape Morris Jesup () is a headland in Peary Land, Greenland. Geography Cape Morris Jesup is the northernmost point of mainland Greenland, the northernmost point of any mainland, and the northernmost land point on Earth except for the small isl ...

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The Second Thule Expedition to Northern Greenland, 1916-1918
Headlands of Greenland Peary Land {{greenland-geo-stub

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