Cape Morris Jesup
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Cape Morris Jesup is the northernmost point of land in the world. Cape Morris Jesup is located at the northern tip of Greenland. In 1892 when Robert Peary reached the cape he claimed that it was the northernmost point of land, later it was discovered that Kaffeklubben Island was slightly north of Cape Morris Jesup. Cape Morris Jesup was named after Morris Ketchum Jesup, an American philanthropist.