Cape Robertson, Greenland

For the headland in the South Orkney Islands, see Cape Robertson.
Cape Robertson
Kap Robertson, Tuloriok
Cape
Cape Robertson is located in Greenland
Cape Robertson
Cape Robertson
Coordinates: 77°47′N 71°25′W / 77.783°N 71.417°W / 77.783; -71.417
LocationNW Greenland
Offshore water bodiesMurchison Sound
Baffin Bay
Area
 • TotalArctic
Elevation4 metres (13 feet)

Cape Robertson (Danish: Kap Robertson), also known as Tuloriok, is a headland in Northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality.

Geography

Cape Robertson is located in the northern shore of Murchison Sound, Baffin Bay.[1] it rises at the end of a promontory, south of the fjord where the Morris Jesup Glacier has its terminus, east of the mouth of Robertson Fjord and west of MacCormick Fjord.[2] The cape has an elevation of 4 meters (13 feet).

Cape Robertson was named after Dr. John Robertson, a surgeon on HMS Terror, one of the two lost ships seeking the Northwest Passage on the British expedition of 1845. [3]

Map of Northwestern Greenland
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

References

  1. ^ "Kap Robertson". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88
  3. ^ richardcedwards (2023-09-06). "Robertson Bay, Greenland". Where in the world is Riccardo?. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
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