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Cape James Hill (Danish: Kap James Hill) is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland.

Cape James Hill
Kap James Hill
1903 Robert Peary map section showing his 1900 explorations in far Northern Greenland.
Location	Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
Coordinates	83°36′N 30°25′W
Offshore water bodies	Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean
Area	Arctic

The cape was named by Robert Peary after James J. Hill, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[1]

Geography

Cape James Hill is located east of Cape Morris Jesup, Peary Land, between Constable Bay to the west and Bliss Bay to the east.[2] It is the nearest land to Kaffeklubben Island (Oodaap Qeqertaa) located about 9 km (5.6 mi) to the northeast.[3] Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

References

External links

• Thin-section 4543, glaciolacustrine sediments from Kap James Hill, Peary Land, Greenland
• Late Quaternary glaciation history of northernmost Greenland

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