Cape Chidley
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Cape Chidley (or Cape Chudleigh) is the northernmost point in Labrador
Capes in the Americas
Cape Chidley is located near Port Burwell, Nunavut, Canada on Killiniq Island (also spelled Killinek), separated by the narrow McLelan Strait, from the headland formed by the Torngat Mountains. This headland forms the northeast end of the boundary between Nunavut and Newfoundland and Labrador, which is the continuation of the latter's mainland boundary with Quebec onto the island.
Cape Chidley is also the terminus of the Northern Divide, which separates the Arctic Ocean watershed from the Atlantic Ocean watershed. (Some sources include Hudson Bay in the Atlantic Ocean watershed, though this divide has been long established.) The cape marks the south end of the entrance to the Hudson Strait, opposite Resolution Island.
The top of the knoll forming the headland has an elevation of 350 m making Cape Chidley considerably higher than either of its two flanking headlands.
External links
- [Pictures of Cape Chidley]
- [Interactive satellite view of Cape Chidley from TerraServer] (second from the north of the four pointing roughly eastwards)
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