Cape Peary Kap Peary
Cape
Cape Peary
Coordinates: 76°48′52″N 70°3′27″W / 76.81444°N 70.05750°W / 76.81444; -70.05750
Location	Avannaata, Greenland
Offshore water bodies	Granville Fjord Baffin Bay
Area
• Total	Arctic
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)[1]

Cape Peary (Danish: Kap Peary) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.^[2]

History

This cape was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856 - 1920).

Geography

Cape Peary is located on the eastern side of the shore of Granville Fjord just north of the Drinkard Bluff, about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the fjord's mouth and 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of the Moriusaq Inuit settlement.^[3]