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Morris Jesup, Cape
 
 
(jp) (KEY) , northernmost land point in the world, N Greenland. At lat. 83°39´N, it is 440 mi (708 km) from the North Pole. U.S. explorer Robert Peary reached the cape in 1892.
 
 
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