Cape Chidley
Cape Chudleigh | |
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 Closeup map of Cape Chidley area | |
  Cape Chidley Location of Cape Chidley within Canada | |
| Coordinates: 60°22′40″N 64°26′02″W / 60.37778°N 64.43389°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory/Province | Nunavut/Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (ADT) |
Cape Chidley is a headland located on the eastern shore of Killiniq Island, Canada, at the northeastern tip of the Labrador Peninsula.
Cape Chidley was named by English explorer John Davis on August 1, 1587, after his friend and fellow explorer John Chidley.[2] On October 22, 1943, the German submarine U-537 landed just south of Cape Chidley and set up Weather Station Kurt to collect data about the weather.
In the original plans for the Pinetree Line (a series of radar stations along the 50th parallel north), Cape Chidley was meant to be the site for a long-range radar station called "N-30". Supplies were moved to the site by ship during 1951–52, but in late 1952–early 1953 the site was moved to Resolution Island.[3]
- ^ "Cape Chidley". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ The Voyages and Works of John Davis by Albert Hastings Markham, 1880 and The D.A. Nicholas Collection Cape Chidley Region Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine University of Calgary, 2009
- ^ The Pinetree Line. The Mystery of Site N-30 Archived June 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Oct, 2002