Cape Washington (Danish: Kap Washington) is a headland in North Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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Cape Washington
Coordinates: 83°31′N 38°0′W
Location	Peary Land, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Lincoln Sea
Area
• Total	Arctic
Elevation	885 m (2,904 ft)

Geography

Cape Washington is located 14.5 km (9.0 mi) east of Cape Kane,[1] off the mouth of the Hunt Fjord at the northern end of the Roosevelt Land Peninsula. Benedict Fjord lies to the east of the cape with its mouth between Cape Washington and Cape Cannon.[2]

Together with Cape Cannon and Cape Christian IV Cape Washington is one of the northernmost headlands of mainland Greenland east of Cape Morris Jesup.[2]

See also

• Peary Land

References

External links

• The Second Thule Expedition to Northern Greenland, 1916-1918

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