Cape York

Cape York may refer to:

  • Cape York (Greenland), a cape at the north-west coast of Greenland, in northern Baffin Bay
  • Cape York meteorite, meteorite found in 1894 near Cape York, Greenland
  • Cape York Peninsula, a large peninsula located in Queensland, Australia

Famous quotes containing the words cape and/or york:

    The Great South Beach of Long Island,... though wild and desolate, as it wants the bold bank,... possesses but half the grandeur of Cape Cod in my eyes, nor is the imagination contented with its southern aspect.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    We didn’t want any men in our group. They drink their loans, they don’t work their stores. Why should we have to pay for their irresponsibilities?
    Brachiate Guioth De Espinosa, Colombian storekeeper. As quoted in the New York Times, p. A6 (July 15, 1994)