5-543: Cape York may refer to: Cape York (Greenland) , a cape at the north-west coast of Greenland, in northern Baffin Bay Cape York meteorite , meteorite found in 1894 near Cape York, Greenland Cape York Peninsula , a large peninsula located in Queensland, Australia Cape York (Queensland) , the northernmost point of Cape York Peninsula Cape York (Mars) ,
10-549: A location on the northwest rim of Endeavour crater on the planet Mars Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cape York . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_York&oldid=1026408603 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
15-492: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cape York (Greenland) Cape York ( Greenlandic : Perlernerit , Danish : Kap York ) is a cape on the northwestern coast of Greenland , in northern Baffin Bay . It is a pronounced projection. It delimits the northwestern end of 190-mile (310 km) Melville Bay , with the other end commonly defined as Wilcox Head ,
20-581: The cape. The cape was the one of many places visited in 1894 by Admiral Robert Peary during his second expedition to the Arctic . A way east across the bay is the island of discovery of the Cape York Meteorite fragments. In the Greenlandic language , the name of the settlement Savissivik on the island close to the cape means 'place of meteorite iron' ( savik = iron/knife), alluding to
25-568: The western promontory on Kiatassuaq Island . De Dodes Fjord and Side turkey are north of the cape, and the Crimson Cliffs to the west. A chain of small coastal islands stretches between Cape York and Cape Melville to the east, the largest of which is Meteorite Island . The cape is 37 km (23 mi) west-south-west of Savissivik , the settlement on Meteorite Island. There was one nearer permanent settlement, Perlernerit , approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of
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