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Cape Cannon (Danish: Kap Cannon) is a headland in the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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Cape Cannon
Coordinates: 83°31′N 36°54′W
Location	Peary Land, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Lincoln Sea
Area
• Total	Arctic

The cape was named by Robert Peary after Henry W. Cannon, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[1]

Geography

Cape Cannon is located at the northern end of Gertrude Rask Land, Peary Land. Benedict Fjord lies to the west of this headland with its mouth between Cape Cannon and Cape Washington.[2]

The glacier discharging just east of the cape is the only one in the area that produces icebergs. About 10 km (6.2 mi) further to the east there is an unnamed fjord, with its mouth located west of Cape Christian IV[3]

References

External links

• Evolution of the Kap Cannon Thrust Zone (North Greenland)

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