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Headland in Avannaata, Greenland For the cape in the South Orkney Islands, see Cape Murdoch.
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Cape Murdoch is located in GreenlandCape MurdochCape Murdoch
Coordinates: 76°8′9″N 61°53′38″W / 76.13583°N 61.89389°W / 76.13583; -61.89389
LocationAvannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesMelville Bay
Baffin Bay
Area
 • TotalArctic
Elevation480 m (1,570 ft)

Cape Murdoch (Danish: Kap Murdoch) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.

Geography

Cape Murdoch is located at the southern end of an unnamed island north of Heilprin Island in Melville Bay.

The cape lies in an area of small islands at the northern limits of Melville Bay to the west of the Fisher Islands and WNW of Thalbitzer Næs, near the terminuses of the Docker Smith Glacier and the Rink Glacier. The terminus of the Peary Glacier lies to the east.

Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

References

  1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 84
  2. Kap Murdoch
  3. "Kap Murdoch". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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