Cape Morton
Kap Morton | |
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 Map of the Nares Strait area. | |
  Cape Morton Location in Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 81°12′N 62°48′W / 81.200°N 62.800°W | |
| Location | Avannaata, Greenland |
| Offshore water bodies | Nares Strait |
| Elevation | 600 |
Cape Morton (Danish: Kap Morton) is a headland in North Greenland in Avannaata municipality. The cape is named after Arctic explorer William Morton, who surveyed the Nares Strait area together with Hans Hendrik in June 1854 during the Second Grinnell Expedition.
Fossils dating back to the Homerian have been found in the area of the cape. They belong to the Kap Morton Formation of the Peary Land Group.[1]