Cod Island Explained

Cod Island
Country:Canada
Location:Labrador Sea, Eastern Canada
Country Admin Divisions Title:Province
Country Admin Divisions:Newfoundland and Labrador
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:−04:00
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:−03:00
Population:Uninhabited
Map:CanadaGeo
Area Km2:133
Highest Mount:Cod Island High Point
Elevation M:914

Cod Island is an uninhabited island in the northern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1] [2] It is located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the eastern part of the country, 1,700 kilometers northeast of the capital Ottawa. The total area of the island is 133 square kilometres.[3]

Early hydrographers referred to the island as Ogua-Lik.[4] [5] [6] On March 7, 1957, the island received its current name.[7]

Background

Cod island takes it name from the Atlantic cod which may be found in the area.[8] [9]

During the 17th and 18th centuries in the New World, especially in Massachusetts and Newfoundland, cod became a major commodity, creating trade networks and cross-cultural exchanges.[10]

Geography

Cod Island has hilly terrain with three of its peaks partially composing the Kaumajet Mountains.[11] [12] The island's highest point is 914 meters above sea level. It extends 15.7 kilometres in the north-south direction, and 15.4 kilometres in the east-west direction.

The area around Cod Island consists mainly of grasslands.[13] The area around Cod Island is almost uninhabited, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometre.[14] The annual average temperature in the area is -5 °C.

Table Hill

Table Hill is a hill on the southside of Cod Island.[15] [16] The top of Table Hill is 819 meters above sea level, or 551 meters above the surrounding terrain. The width at the base is 6.1 km.[17]

The island has two dome shaped hills besides Table Hill.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Complete Atlas of the World . 2016 . . 978-1-4654-4401-1 . 59 . 3rd . 8 May 2019 . en.
  2. http://www.geonames.org/5924767/cod%20island.html Cod Island
  3. Web site: Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model . 21 June 2015.
  4. Book: Royal Society of Canada . Mémoires Et Comptes Rendus de la Société Royale Du Canada . 1897 . Royal Society of Canada. . CXXVIII . 23 April 2019 . en.
  5. Book: United States Hydrographic Office . United States Hydrographic Office . H.O. Pub Issue 73 . 1884 . 564 . 5 May 2019 . en.
  6. Book: Great Britain Hydrographic Dept . United Kingdom Hydrographic Office . The Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot . 1887 . 460 . 5 May 2019 . en.
  7. Web site: Canadian Geographical Names – CGN – GeoBase Series . Open Government Portal . Natural Resources Canada . 8 May 2019 . en . Database . 20 April 2017.
  8. Book: Duzer . Chet Van . Beck . Lauren . Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition . 2017 . Vernon Press . 978-1-62273-266-1 . 36 . IN. BACCALAVRAS, 'Cod Island,' relating to the New World natural resource that most consistently repaid European investment during the decades following its discovery. . 27 April 2019 . en.
  9. Web site: ICES FishMap species factsheet-cod . ICESCIEM . 27 April 2019.
  10. Book: Kurlansky, Mark . Mark Kurlansky . Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World . 1997 . Walker . New York . 978-0-8027-1326-1 . registration . en.
  11. 21151 . Kaumajet Mountains . 5 May 2019.
  12. Book: [{{GBurl|G7vfAAAAMAAJ|p=266|q="Cod Island"}} Labrador and Hudson Bay Pilot ]. Canadian Hydrographic Service . University of Michigan . 1965 . 2 . 266 . en.
  13. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification . NASA Earth Observations . NASA/MODIS . 30 January 2016 . en . 28 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160228161657/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 . dead .
  14. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Population Density . NASA Earth Observations . NASA/SEDAC . 30 January 2016 . en . 9 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160209064446/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP . dead .
  15. Book: Browne . Patrick William . Where the Fishers Go: The Story of Labrador . 1909 . Cochrane publishing Company . . 319 . 8 May 2019 . en.
  16. Book: Labrador and Hudson Bay Pilot . Canadian Hydrographic Service . University of Michigan . 1965 . 2 . 271 . en.
  17. http://www.geonames.org/6160936/table%20hill.html Table Hill