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'''Cape Parry''' ([[Inuktitut]]: '''Kangahsuk'''; translation: "the great cape")<ref name="Proceedings " /> is a [[headland]] in [[Canada]]'s [[Northwest Territories]]. Located at the northern tip of the [[Parry Peninsula]], it projects into [[Amundsen Gulf |
'''Cape Parry''' ([[Inuktitut]]: '''Kangahsuk'''; translation: "the great cape")<ref name="Proceedings " /> is a [[headland]] in [[Canada]]'s [[Northwest Territories]]. Located at the northern tip of the [[Parry Peninsula]], it projects into [[Amundsen Gulf]]. The nearest settlement is [[Paulatuk]], {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}} to the south, and [[Fiji Island (Northwest Territories)|Fiji Island]] is located {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} to the west. Cape Parry was formerly accessible through Cape Parry Airport that was located at the [[Distant Early Warning Line]]. The airport was listed as abandoned after the closure of the DEW line site.<ref>{{CFS}}</ref> |
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It is named for the Arctic explorer [[William Edward Parry]]. |
It is named for the Arctic explorer [[William Edward Parry]]. |
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Cape Parry (Inuktitut: Kangahsuk; translation: "the great cape")[1] is a headland in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located at the northern tip of the Parry Peninsula, it projects into Amundsen Gulf. The nearest settlement is Paulatuk, 100 km (62 mi) to the south, and Fiji Island is located 9 km (5.6 mi) to the west. Cape Parry was formerly accessible through Cape Parry Airport that was located at the Distant Early Warning Line. The airport was listed as abandoned after the closure of the DEW line site.[2]
It is named for the Arctic explorer William Edward Parry.
History
During his Arctic voyages in the period of 1886-1897, Robert Peary came by Cape Parry with an Inuit who pointed out to the sites of ancient stone igloos, and described that they were inhabited many years ago by very large men who came from a distant land in the west, and ate many of the Inuit before leaving.[3]
Between the 1950s to the 1980s, a Distant Early Warning Line site (PIN-Main) was located south of Police Point, the cape's western point.[4] During the period of 1969 to 1982, eighteen sounding rocket launches were made at Cape Parry.[5]
Geography
Cape Parry is a three pointed outcrop of coastal cliffs. The limestone formation rises 20 m (66 ft) above sea level. The deeply incised coastal beaches are composed of sand and gravel, and form bays and inlets.[6] On either side of the narrow isthmus that joins Cape Parry to the Parry Peninsula are Tyne Bay to the west and Gillet Bay to the east.[4]
Climate
Absolute minimum temperature is −47.2 °C (−53.0 °F), while absolute maximum temperature is 23.9 °F (−4.5 °C). Annual snowfall is 120.9 cm (47.6 in).[7] Although the manned weather station is no longer in operation there is an automatic weather station (CZCP) at the site.[8]
Climate data for Cape Parry | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high humidex | −1.6 | −3.5 | −1.2 | 3.4 | 10.6 | 22.1 | 26.9 | 23.0 | 18.8 | 5.0 | 2.8 | −1.8 | 26.9 |
Record high °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
4.0 (39.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −24.3 (−11.7) |
−25 (−13) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −27.7 (−17.9) |
−28.4 (−19.1) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −31.0 (−23.8) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−30.0 (−22.0) |
−22.2 (−8.0) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−28.1 (−18.6) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −47.2 (−53.0) |
−47.2 (−53.0) |
−43.4 (−46.1) |
−38.9 (−38.0) |
−27.8 (−18.0) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−28.3 (−18.9) |
−36.7 (−34.1) |
−41.7 (−43.1) |
−47.2 (−53.0) |
Record low wind chill | −68.4 | −67.3 | −60.6 | −53.2 | −37.2 | −22.3 | −10.0 | −14.0 | −21.1 | −38.4 | −52.5 | −61.1 | −68.4 |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8.3 (0.33) |
6.9 (0.27) |
5.4 (0.21) |
7.3 (0.29) |
9.3 (0.37) |
11.5 (0.45) |
20.4 (0.80) |
25.2 (0.99) |
24.0 (0.94) |
21.1 (0.83) |
10.8 (0.43) |
7.1 (0.28) |
157.2 (6.19) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.00) |
1.3 (0.05) |
9.8 (0.39) |
19.9 (0.78) |
22.3 (0.88) |
12.8 (0.50) |
0.9 (0.04) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
67.1 (2.64) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 10.5 (4.1) |
9.7 (3.8) |
8.0 (3.1) |
11.2 (4.4) |
11.1 (4.4) |
2.4 (0.9) |
0.6 (0.2) |
2.6 (1.0) |
12.3 (4.8) |
26.8 (10.6) |
16.1 (6.3) |
9.8 (3.9) |
120.9 (47.6) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 16.2 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 111.3 |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 33.4 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 8.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 17.1 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 93.6 |
Source 1: Environment Canada[7] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Environment Canada[9] |
Flora and fauna
There is sparse vegetation, except in low-lying wet areas.[10]
Beluga whale, bowhead whale, Bearded Seal, Ringed Seal, as well as caribou, grizzly bear, and polar bear, frequent the area.[6][10]
There are nationally significant populations of Common Eider, Glaucous Gull, King Eider, Long-tailed Duck, and Yellow-billed Loon on the cape. It is also one of only two sites in the western Arctic where Black Guillemot are thought to breed.[6] The cape's Thick-billed Murre colony is more isolated than any other murre colony in the world.[10]
Protection status
The cape, an Important Bird Area (NT041), is home to the Cape Parry Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Site 6) which was established in 1961.[11] It is also an International Biological Programme Site (#4-11) and lies within a Key Marine Habitat Site (Site 19).[6]
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Proceedings
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Peary, Robert Edwin (1898). Northward over the "great ice": a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897 ; with a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the "Saviksue," or great Cape-York meteorites. Vol. 2. Methuen. p. 221.
- ^ a b "Cape Parry NWT PIN-Main". Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ "Cape Parry". Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d "NT Site 6 - Cape Parry" (PDF). ngps.nt.ca. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000". Environment Canada. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^
- Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Cape Parry from Nav Canada as available.
- ^ "Calculation Information for 1971 to 2000 Canadian Normals Data". Environment Canada. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ a b c Johnson, Stephen R. (June 1985). "Observations of Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia') and Other Seabirds at Cape Parry, Amundsen Gulf, N.W.T." (PDF). Arctic. 38 (2): 112.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Northwest Territories Migratory Bird Sanctuary Facts". Environment Canada. Retrieved 21 September 2010.