
Map of Cape Morris Jesup and the Lincoln Sea.
'Cape Morris Jesup' is the northernmost point of mainland
Greenland at and is 711.8 km (384 nm / 442 miles) from the
geographic North Pole.
Robert Peary reached the cape in
1892, believing it to be the
northernmost point in the world, although it was later found to lie slightly to the south of the northernmost tip of
Kaffeklubben Island.
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