{{Distinguish|Cape Kannon (disambiguation){{!}}Cape Kannon}} {{Infobox landform | name = Cape Cannon | other_name = ''Kap Cannon'' | type = Headland | image = North Greenland section-txu-pclmaps-oclc-8322829 a 1.jpg | caption = Map of Greenland section. | pushpin_map = Greenland | map_width = | map_caption = | pushpin_relief = yes | location = Peary Land, Greenland | water_bodies = Lincoln Sea | coordinates = {{coord|83|31|N|36|54|W|type:landmark_region:Gl_scale:1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation = | area = Arctic | references = }} '''Cape Cannon''' ({{langx|da|Kap 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 Arctic Club in New York.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/nearestpolenarra00pear/page/328 Robert E. Peary, ''Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 -1906.'' p. 329]</ref>
==Geography== Cape Cannon is located at the northern end of Gertrud Rask Land, Peary Land. Benedict Fjord lies to the west of this headland with its mouth between Cape Cannon and Cape Washington.<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19193974|title=Kap Cannon|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=19 June 2019}}</ref>
The glacier discharging just east of the cape is the only one in the area that produces icebergs. About {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} further to the east there is an unnamed fjord, with its mouth located west of Cape Christian IV<ref name="prostar">''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 96</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240491272_Evolution_of_the_Kap_Cannon_Thrust_Zone_North_Greenland Evolution of the Kap Cannon Thrust Zone (North Greenland)]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cannon Cape}} Category:Headlands of Greenland Category:Peary Land
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