{{Short description|Headland in southeast Greenland}} {{about||the headland in North Greenland|Cape Harald Moltke}} {{Infobox landform | name = Cape Moltke | other_name = ''Kap Moltke'', ''Kangeq'' | type = Cape | image = | image_size = | caption = | pushpin_map = Greenland | map_width = | map_caption = | location = King Frederick VI Coast | water_bodies = Irminger Sea (North Atlantic Ocean) | coordinates = {{coord|63|29|N|40|47|W|type:landmark_region:Gl_scale:1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation = {{convert|460|m|abbr=on}} | area = Arctic }}[[File:Skjoldungen v2-ed.jpg|thumb|316x316px|1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen showing Cape Moltke.]]'''Cape Moltke''' ({{langx|da|Kap Moltke}}; {{langx|kl|Kangeq}}) is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Greenland, Kujalleq municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gst.dk/media/2915914/den-groenlandske-lods-sejladsanvisniner-oestgroenland.pdf |title=Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland, p. 49 |access-date=2019-08-14 |archive-date=2020-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028233135/http://gst.dk/media/2915914/den-groenlandske-lods-sejladsanvisniner-oestgroenland.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History== There are numerous ancient Inuit ruins in the shores of the coves and islands near the cape, remains of the former inhabitants of the area, the now extinct Southeast-Greenland Inuit.<ref>Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland'', 2008 pp. 29-40</ref>
Cape Moltke was named by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah in 1829 during his East Coast expedition. Graah noticed that north of the cape the land was more covered with snow than to the south. He named the headland after Danish Minister of State Count Adam Wilhelm Moltke of Bregentved.<ref>W. A. Graah, ''Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland,'' London, 1837 p. 89</ref>
==Geography== Cape Moltke is located at the eastern end of Thorland, {{convert|33|km|abbr=on}} NNE of Cape Niels Juel. It is a reddish-brown promontory with steep cliffs located about {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} south of the mouth of Bernstorff Fjord.<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 102</ref>
North and south of Cape Moltke the coast is indented with small fjords and a number of offshore islands. Qimiitaa, Qeertartivaq and Kivinak are located northeast of the cape, on the southern side of the mouth of Bernstorff Fjord, and Kiasigssaq, among others, southwest of it.<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19189400|title=Kap Moltke|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=14 August 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://dce2.au.dk/pub/SR117.pdf Seabirds and seals in Southeast Greenland]
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