# Cape Desolation

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**Cape Desolation** (kl: *Killavaat Nuugaatsiaat*[a], Danish: *Kap Desolation*), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest [Greenland](/source/Greenland) in the [Kujalleq](/source/Kujalleq) [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Greenland).

## Geography

The cape is located 16.66 km to the west-north-west of [Cape Thorvaldsen](/source/Cape_Thorvaldsen) near the modern settlements of [Arsuk](/source/Arsuk) and [Ivittuut](/source/Ivittuut).[1] The cape is in an impressive stack of jagged cliffs with the reddish crags of the [Killavaat](/source/Killavaat) mountain range in the background.[2] The [Outer Kitsissut](/source/Outer_Kitsissut) (Torstein Islands) lie 9.5 km west-north-west of the cape.

## References

1. formerly spelled as *Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât*

1. [Kap Desolation](http://mapcarta.com/19193764)

1. *Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute*, p. 25

## External links

- [Weather forecast for Kap Desolation, Kujalleq (Greenland)](http://www.yr.no/place/Greenland/Kujalleq/Kap_Desolation/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170107004624/http://www.yr.no/place/Greenland/Kujalleq/Kap_Desolation/) 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine

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