Cape Steen Bille
Headland in Greenland
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Cape Steen Bille (Danish: Kap Steen Bille) or Kap Bille, also known as Kangeq, is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Greenland, Kujalleq municipality.[1]
LocationKing Frederick VI Coast
Elevation640 m (2,100 ft)
Cape Steen Bille
Kap Steen Bille, Kangeq | |
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Southeast-Greenland Inuit bidding farewell to Fridtjof Nansen at Kap Steen Bille in 1888. | |
  Cape Steen Bille Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 62°0′N 42°7′W | |
| Location | King Frederick VI Coast |
| Water bodies | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
History
Cape Steen Bille was named in 1829 by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after Steen Andersen Bille (1797–1883), Danish Royal Navy vice-admiral and minister for the navy.
Fridtjof Nansen visited the area in 1888 before his crossing of the Greenland ice sheet from the east.
Geography
Cape Steen Bille is a promontory of yellowish rock located in the Puisortoq area 19 km (12 mi) south of Cape Cort Adelaer.[2] The cluster of the Otto Rud Islands lies to the NNW around the cape.[3]
