Cape Farewell (Greenlandic: Nunap Isua;[1] Danish: Kap Farvel)[2] is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island, Nunap Isua Archipelago, Greenland.[3] As the southernmost point of the country, it is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.
Cape Farewell
Nunap Isua | |
|---|---|
  Cape Farewell | |
| Coordinates: 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W | |
| Location | Kujalleq, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
Geography
editLocated at 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W, excluding small offshore islets, this cape is the southernmost extent of Greenland, projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea on the same latitude as St Petersburg, Oslo and the Shetland Islands. Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Cape Farewell Archipelago. The area is part of the Kujalleq municipality. King Frederick VI Coast stretches from Cape Farewell to Pikiulleq Bay (former spelling 'Pikiutdleq') in the north along the eastern coast of Greenland.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Cape Farewell (Angissoq) (normals 1991-2020, extremes 1991-2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.5 (38.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
0.1 (32.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
1.7 (35.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
5.2 (41.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
2.4 (36.3) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.1 (3.0) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 98 (3.9) |
67 (2.6) |
67 (2.6) |
77 (3.0) |
50 (2.0) |
53 (2.1) |
71 (2.8) |
65 (2.6) |
68 (2.7) |
73 (2.9) |
72 (2.8) |
92 (3.6) |
853 (33.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.2 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 8.8 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 13.5 | 118.1 |
| Source: Danish Meteorological Institute[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ "Cape Farewell". Geonames. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Cape Farewell
- ^ "Climatological Standard Normals 1991-2020 Greenland" (PDF). DMI. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
External links
edit- Aerial photographs of the Kap Farvel area Archived 2020-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Ketilidian structure and the rapakivi suite between Lindenow Fjord and Kap Farvel, South-East Greenland
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