Cape Desolation
Other nameKap Desolation
LocationKujalleq, Greenland
Water bodiesLabrador Sea
Coordinates60.734°N 48.174°W
Elevation600
AreaArctic

Cape Desolation (kl: Killavaat Nuugaatsiaat[a], Danish: 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 Arsuk and Ivittuut.[1] The cape is in an impressive stack of jagged cliffs with the reddish crags of the Killavaat mountain range in the background.[2] The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 9.5 km west-north-west of the cape.

References

  1. ^ formerly spelled as Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât
  1. ^ Kap Desolation
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 25