Cape Gustav Holm
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Cape Gustav Holm is a cape in eastern Greenland
, located near the Arctic Circle
on the shores of Denmark Strait
coast, northeast of Tasiilaq
. It is named for Gustav Frederik Holm
.
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
, located near the Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....
on the shores of Denmark Strait
Denmark Strait
The Denmark Strait or Greenland Strait |Sound]]) is an oceanic strait between Greenland and Iceland...
coast, northeast of Tasiilaq
Tasiilaq
Tasiilaq is a town in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. With 1,930 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland...
. It is named for Gustav Frederik Holm
Gustav Frederik Holm
right|thumb|400px|Gustav Holm at [[Qaqortoq]], Greenland, in 1894, when he was captain of the steamer HvidbjørnenGustav Frederik Holm was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer, born at Copenhagen...
.