page_title: Cape Atholl
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Cape Atholl / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) approaching U.S.C.G. LORAN Station Cape Atholl, Greenland (1964). Source United States Coast Guard: Ice Breakers - A Historic Photo Gallery
context_page_description: Cape Atholl, also known as Kangaarasuk, is a headland in Northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality.
  This cape was named by Commander James Saunders, after Atholl, the class to which his ship HMS North Star belonged, during the winter 1849–50 in which he was frozen in the bay to the north and named landmarks in the area.
context_section_description: Cape Atholl is located in the mainland, in the eastern shore of Bylot Sound, Baffin Bay. It rises at the southern end of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord and opposite the eastern end of Wolstenholme Island.
caption: USCGC Westwind near Cape Atholl, Greenland, returning from Arctic cruise (1964).
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