Cape Cannon
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Cape Cannon
Kap Cannon | |
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Map of Greenland section. | |
| Coordinates: 83°31′N 36°54′W / 83.517°N 36.900°W | |
| Location | Peary Land, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Lincoln Sea |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
Cape Cannon (Danish: Kap Cannon) is a headland in the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The cape was named by Robert Peary after Henry W. Cannon, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[1]