Cape Morton (Danish: Kap Morton) is a headland in North Greenland in Avannaata municipality. The cape is named after Arctic explorer William Morton, who surveyed the Nares Strait area together with Hans Hendrik in June 1854 during the Second Grinnell Expedition.

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Cape Morton
Coordinates: 81°12′N 62°48′W
Location	Avannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Nares Strait
Area
• Total	Arctic
Elevation	600

Geography

Cape Morton is located west of Cape Lucie Marie, off the mouth of the Petermann Fjord opposite Cape Tyson at the northern end of the Petermann Peninsula. Mushroom-shaped Joe Island lies 3.2 km from the shore west-north-west of the cape.[1]

Together with Cape Baird on the eastern coast of Ellesmere Island this cape marks the northern limit of the Kennedy Channel and the entrance of the Hall Basin, both part of the Nares Strait.[2]

See also

• Peary Land

References

External links

• The Second Thule Expedition to Northern Greenland, 1916-1918
• Weather forecast for Kap Morton, Qaasuitsup (Greenland)

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