Cape Hope
Noorajik Kangitteq | |
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Coordinates: 70°27.7′N 22°22.9′W / 70.4617°N 22.3817°W | |
Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
Offshore water bodies |
Scoresby Sound Greenland Sea |
Area | |
• Total | Arctic |
Elevation | 23 |
Cape Hope ( Danish: Kap Hope; Greenlandic: Noorajik Kangitteq, meaning 'the western little cape') is a headland in the Scoresby Sound, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.
There was a settlement east of the cape known as Kap Hope (Ittaajimmiit). [1]
This headland was named Cape Hope by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 to honour Samuel Hope esq. of Everton, Liverpool, grandfather of Samuel Morley, 1st Baron Hollenden. [1]
Cape Hope is the southwesternmost point of Liverpool Land. It rises east of the mouth of Hurry Inlet, opposite Cape Stewart. [2]
It is located in the northern shore of Scoresby Sound, near Ittoqqortoormiit. [3]