Cape Desolation (Danish: Kap Desolation), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality.
Cape Desolation Kitdlavât Nûgâtsiât | |
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Kap Desolation | |
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Location | Kujalleq, Greenland |
Coordinates | 60°44′02″N 48°10′26″W |
Offshore water bodies | Labrador Sea |
Elevation | 600 |
Area | Arctic |
The cape is located 16.66 km to the west-north-west of Cape Thorvaldsen near the modern settlements of Arsuk and Ivittuut.[1] The cape is in an impressive stack of jagged cliffs with the reddish crags of the Killavaat mountain range in the background.[2] The Outer Kitsissut (Torstein Islands) lie 9.5 km west-north-west of the cape.
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