Tasiilap Karra
Headland in Sermersooq, Greenland
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Tasiilap Karra[1] or Cape Gustav Holm (Danish: Kap Gustav Holm) is a headland in eastern Greenland, Sermersooq municipality.
Tasiilap Karra
Cape Gustav Holm | |
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  Tasiilap Karra Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 66°34′N 34°22′W | |
| Location | Sermersooq, Greenland |
| Water bodies | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Area | |
| • Total | Arctic |
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]
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