Cape Christian

Cape Christian is a land point on eastern Baffin Island, in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The nearest settlement is Clyde River to the north. Cape Christian was used as a weather station.[1] From 1954 until 1974, it was also an Arctic military site that was run by the U.S. Coast Guard as a LORAN station which supported ships and aircraft that operated out of Thule, Greenland.[2]

References

  1. ^ "And what about Cape Christian?". Nunatsiaq News. May 6, 2005. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ Bell, Patricia (July 23, 2009). "Toxins to be removed from former Arctic military site". CBC News. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

70°31′01″N 68°16′48″W / 70.517°N 68.280°W / 70.517; -68.280 (Cape Christian)


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