Capes in the Americas

Closeup map of Cape Chidley area

Cape Chidley is a headland located on the eastern shore of Killiniq Island, Canada at the northeastern tip of the Labrador Peninsula. Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment Killiniq Island ( English: ice flows) is a small remote Island in northeastern Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Labrador Peninsula is a large peninsula in eastern Canada. It is bounded by the Hudson Bay to the west the Hudson Strait to the north the Labrador

Cape Chidley is located on the interprovincial boundary between the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the territory of Nunavut. Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the It forms the northernmost point of Labrador and the southeasternmost point of Nunavut. Modern Labrador Just like its island neighbour Newfoundland early settlement in Labrador was tied to the sea as demonstrated by the Montagnais, Innu and

Sometimes spelled Cape Chudleigh, Cape Chidley is sometimes misrepresented as being located on the interprovincial border between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Newfoundland and Labrador, having been a separate country at the time that Canada's Arctic islands were assigned in this manner, shared a boundary on Killiniq Island as the territory of Labrador included the entire Atlantic watershed of the Labrador Peninsula and its islands.

As such, the northern and western part of Killiniq Island under Nunavut's jurisdiction drains into Ungava Bay and the Hudson Strait. Ungava Bay (French baie d'Ungava, Inuktitut (syllabics/Roman ᐅᖓᕙ ᑲᖏᖅᓗᒃ/ ungava kangiqluk) is a large bay in northeastern Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. Thus Cape Chidley is also the terminus of the Northern Divide, which separates the Arctic Ocean watershed from the Atlantic Ocean watershed. The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide is a Continental divide dividing the direction of water flow in eastern and southern Canada and the northern The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, (Some sources include Hudson Bay in the Atlantic Ocean watershed, though the Northern Divide has been long established and places Hudson Bay with the Arctic Ocean watershed. ) The cape marks the south end of the entrance to the Hudson Strait, opposite Resolution Island. Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. Resolution Island is one of the Canadian arctic islands in Nunavut, Canada.

The closest community to Cape Chidley is Port Burwell, Nunavut. Killiniq Island itself is separated from mainland North America by the narrow McLelan Strait.

The Torngat Mountains run along the coast of Labrador and terminate at Killiniq Island. For the Montreal indie band see Torngat Torngat Mountains are a Mountain range located on the Labrador Peninsula at the northern tip The top of the knoll forming the headland at Cape Chidley has an elevation of 350 m making the cape considerably higher than either of its two flanking headlands.

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External links

• Pictures of Cape Chidley
• Interactive satellite view of Cape Chidley from TerraServer (second from the north of the four pointing roughly eastwards)