Cape Grönland

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Cape Grönland (64°15′S 63°19′W / 64.250°S 63.317°W / -64.250; -63.317) is a cape on the east side of the entrance to Gerritsz Bay which forms the northern extremity of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

Location of Anvers Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The cape was discovered by a German expedition 1873–74, under Eduard Dallmann, who named it for his expedition ship, the Grönland. It was later charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot.[1]

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  1. ^ "Grönland, Cape". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 9 May 2012.

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