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Cape Columbia facts for kids

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Lincoln Sea map
Map of Cape Columbia and the Lincoln Sea.

Cape Columbia is the northernmost point of land of Canada. It is on Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut. It marks the westernmost coastal point of Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean. It is only 769 kilometers (478 miles) from the North Pole.

Images for kids

  • Pressure ridge at Cape Columbia

    The pack ice of the Arctic Ocean stagnates off Cape Columbia, April 18, 1990

  • 90 sea-ice pressure ridge, Cape Columbia 01

    Pack ice of the Arctic Ocean accumulates off Cape Columbia. The twin otter machine stands on the fast ice between the stacked pack ice (right) and the mainland

  • 90 sea-ice pressure ridge, detail, Cape Columbia

    Ice pressure ridges of the Arctic Ocean off Cape Columbia

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cabo Columbia para niños

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