Cape Columbia

The Lincoln Sea with Cape Columbia (left) and Cape Morris Jesup (right)

The Cape Columbia ( English Cape Columbia ) is the northernmost point of Canada and the American continent when this Greenland not impute. It is located on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago at 83 ° 6 ′ 41 ″  N , 69 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  W Coordinates: 83 ° 6 ′ 41 ″  N , 69 ° 57 ′ 30 ″  W 766.84 km from North Pole away. From Cape Columbia to the southernmost point of the American continent ( Cape Horn ) the distance is 15,485 km.

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

The cape was first reached by Lieutenant Pelham Aldrich , a participant in the British Arctic Expedition from 1875 to 1876 under George Nares .

In the press ice of the Arctic Ocean off Cape Columbia

As the northernmost mainland point of Canada, Cape Columbia is exposed to the ice drift of the Arctic pack ice. The approximately 2 meter thick pack ice of the Arctic Ocean moves several hundred meters per hour from east to west. As a result, mighty ridge of press ice can be piled up at Cape Columbia.

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ William James Mills: Exploring Polar Frontiers - A Historical Encyclopedia . tape 2 . ABC-CLIO, 2003, ISBN 1-57607-422-6 , pp. 448 .