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Cape Alexander
Ullersuaq, Uvdlerssuak, Sarfalik | |
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.jpg) View of Cape Alexander | |
  Cape Alexander Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 78°11′N 73°3′W / 78.183°N 73.050°W | |
| Location | Avannaata, Greenland |
| Water bodies | Baffin Bay |
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| • Total | Arctic |
Cape Alexander (Greenlandic: Ullersuaq, also Uvdlerssuak and Sarfalik; Danish: Kap Alexander) is a headland in the Baffin Bay, northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.
Geography
[edit]Cape Alexander is located in Prudhoe Land, at the western end of Hartstene Bay with the Dodge Glacier to the east and the Storm Glacier to the southeast.[1] This headland is the westernmost point of the island of Greenland.[2]
Sutherland Island (Tigssarfik) lies 5 km (3.1 mi) off the shore to the southeast. The small Carey Islands are located further to the west; among them Nordvestø (73°10'W), the westernmost point of Greenland as a territory.[3]
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