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Greenland
Avannaata

Cape Alexander

Cape Alexander is a headland in the Baffin Bay, northwest , Avannaata municipality. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: cape
  • Also known as: “Cape Alexander, Greenland”, “Sarfalik”, and “Uvdlerssuak”

Cape Alexander

Latitude
78.16966° or 78° 10′ 11″ north
Longitude
-73.02632° or 73° 1′ 35″ west
Open location code
C7C85X9F+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245109328
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3831526
Wiki­data ID
Q1419057
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Cape Alexander” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Aleksandr burnu”
  • Cebuano: “Kap Alexander”
  • Danish: “Kap Alexander”
  • Dutch: “Cape Alexander, Greenland”
  • French: “cap Alexander”
  • French: “Cap Alexander”
  • German: “Kap Alexander”
  • Hebrew: “כף אלכסנדר”
  • Hebrew: “לשון היבשה אלכסנדר”
  • Italian: “Capo Alexander”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンダー岬”
  • Kalaallisut: “Ullersuaq”
  • Latvian: “Aleksandra rags (Grenlande)”
  • Latvian: “Aleksandra rags”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kap Alexander”
  • Norwegian: “Kap Alexander”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Aleksandra”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Alexander”
  • Russian: “Мыс Александра”
  • Swedish: “Kapp Alexander”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Олександра”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape Alexander”. Photo: Slaunger, CC BY-SA 3.0.