Cape Shackleton
Cape Shackleton is a cape in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The cape is the western promontory on Apparsuit Island,[1] delimiting the northern end of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago.


Cape Shackleton (Upernavik Archipelago)

Cape Shackleton
This headland was known to whalers as "Horse's Head".[2] 73°48′13″N 56°49′57″W
References
- Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
- Clements R. Markham, Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, p. 82
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