Cape Stallworthy
Cape Stallworthy Svartevaeg | |
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  Cape Stallworthy | |
| Coordinates: 81°23′N 93°30′W / 81.383°N 93.500°W[1] | |
| Location | Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada |
| Offshore water bodies | Arctic Ocean |
Cape Stallworthy (originally Svartevaeg) is the northernmost point of Axel Heiberg Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.
Originally named Svartevaeg ("black wall") by Otto Sverdrup,[2] it was later renamed in honour of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Harry Stallworthy, an Arctic explorer.[3]
Frederick Cook began his 1908 North Pole journey from the cape.[2] Cape Stallworthy is sometimes confused with Cape Thomas Hubbard on the opposite side of Eetookashoo Bay.
References
[edit]- Atlas of Canada
- ^ "Cape Stallworthy". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ a b Kobalenko, Jerry (August 2010). The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island. BPS Books. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-1-926645-17-9. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Stallworthy, Harry, 1895-1976". University of Calgary. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
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