Cape Cannon

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Cape Cannon
Kap Cannon
Map of Greenland section.
Map of Greenland section.
Cape Cannon is located in Greenland
Cape Cannon
Cape Cannon
Coordinates: 83°31′N 36°54′W / 83.517°N 36.900°W / 83.517; -36.900
LocationPeary Land, Greenland
Offshore water bodiesLincoln Sea
Area
  TotalArctic

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]

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