Tasiilap Karra

Tasiilap Karra[1] or Cape Gustav Holm (Danish: Kap Gustav Holm) is a headland in eastern Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.

Tasiilap Karra
Cape Gustav Holm
Cape
Tasiilap Karra is located in Greenland
Tasiilap Karra
Tasiilap Karra
Coordinates: 66°34′N 34°22′W
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Area
 • TotalArctic

It was named after officer of the Danish Navy and Arctic explorer Gustav Holm (1849 – 1940).

Geography

Cape Gustav Holm is located near the Arctic Circle on the shores of the Denmark Strait coast of the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Tasiilaq.[2]

This cape is the southern end of a narrow mountainous peninsula east of the Ikersuak Fjord which extends in a NE/SW direction, rising to a height of 966 m. The islet of Nanertalik lies 1.2 km off a small projection on the shore 5 km northeast of the cape and Cape Buchholz is located a further 7 km to the northeast along the coast.[3] The Northern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier has its terminus west of the cape.[4]

Map of Greenland section.
View of the coastline 8 km to the west of Cape Gustav Holm with the Northern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier on the right by the mouth of the Ikertivaq Fjord.

References
  1. Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
  2. "Kap Gustav Holm". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 110
  4. GoogleEarth


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