Cape Farewell, Greenland

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Cape Farewell (the centre of the image) and the rugged southern coast of Egger Island, The coast (dark) is generally surrounded by sea ice, making navigation treacherous.
Cape Farewell (the centre of the image) and the rugged southern coast of Egger Island, The coast (dark) is generally surrounded by sea ice, making navigation treacherous.
For the cape in New Zealand, see Cape Farewell, New Zealand

Cape Farewell (known in Danish as Kap Farvel and in Greenlandic as Uummannarsuaq) is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island, Greenland. Located at 59°46′23″N, 43°55′21″W it is the southernmost extent of Greenland, projecting out into the North Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea on the same latitude as Stockholm and the Scottish Orkney Islands. Egger and the associated minor islands are known as the Farewell Archipelago. The area is part of the Nanortalik Kommune.

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