Cape Shackleton

Cape Shackleton is a cape in Avannaata municipality in northwestern . The cape is the western promontory on Apparsuit Island, delimiting the northern end of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: peninsula in Avannaata, Greenland
  • Also known as: “Agparssuit” and “Agparsuit”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Appaalissiorfik.

Village
Photo: Algkalv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern . It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southwestern cape of , an island in Tasiusaq Bay. is situated 8 km east of Cape Shackleton.

Cape Shackleton

Latitude
73.80361° or 73° 48′ 13″ north
Longitude
-56.8325° or 56° 49′ 57″ west
Open location code
C855R538+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2051280889
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3419928
Wiki­data ID
Q5035045
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cape Shackleton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kap Shackleton”
  • Swedish: “Kap Shackleton”

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Localities in the Area

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