Cape Egede

Cape Egede (Danish: Kap Egede) is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality near the modern settlement of Nanortalik. It is named after Danish-Norwegian missionary Hans Egede.

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Cape
Cape Egede
Coordinates: 60°9′N 45°23′W
Location	Kujalleq, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Labrador Sea
Area
• Total	Arctic

Geography

The cape is located at the southern end of Sermersooq Island (Sermersok) off the western coast of Nanortalik Island roughly between Cape Thordvaldsen and Cape Farewell.^[1] The Kitsissut Islands lie offshore to the south of the cape.^[2]