Cape Christian Explained

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]

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70.517°N -68.28°W

Notes and References

  1. News: And what about Cape Christian?. May 6, 2005. Nunatsiaq News. 26 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403022025/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/archives/50506/news/nunavut/legislative.html. 3 April 2012. dead.
  2. News: Toxins to be removed from former Arctic military site. Bell. Patricia . July 23, 2009. CBC News. 26 August 2011.

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