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{{short description|Cape on Killiniq Island, Canada}}
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'''Cape Chidley''' is a headland located on the eastern shore of [[Killiniq Island]], Canada, at the northeastern tip of the [[Labrador Peninsula]].

Cape Chidley was named by English explorer [[John Davis (explorer)|John Davis]] on August 1, 1587, after his friend and fellow explorer John Chidley.<ref>The Voyages and Works of John Davis by Albert Hastings Markham, 1880 and The D.A. Nicholas Collection [https://www.ucalgary.ca/arcticexpedition/nichols/cape-chidley-region Cape Chidley Region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165239/http://www.ucalgary.ca/arcticexpedition/nichols/cape-chidley-region |date=2016-03-03 }} University of Calgary, 2009</ref> On October 22, 1943, the {{ship|German submarine|U-537}} landed just south of Cape Chidley and set up [[Weather Station Kurt]] to collect data about the weather.

In the original plans for the [[Pinetree Line]] (a series of [[radar station]]s along the [[50th parallel north]]), Cape Chidley was meant to be the site for a long-range radar station called "N-30". Supplies were moved to the site by ship during 1951–52, but in late 1952–early 1953 the site was moved to Resolution Island.<ref>The Pinetree Line. [http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other8/other8an.html The Mystery of Site N-30] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622014748/http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other8/other8an.html|date=June 22, 2009}} Oct, 2002</ref>

==Location==
[[File:Killiniq Island 02.jpg|thumb|left|Killiniq Island. Cape Chidley is located in the upper left quadrant]]
[[File:Labrador-chidley-uwm.png|thumb|left|Aerial view of coastal cliffs of Cape Chidley, Cabot Island in the background with Button Islands visible in distance]]

Sometimes spelled ''Cape Chudleigh'', Cape Chidley is on the short boundary between the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] and the territory of [[Nunavut]] on Killiniq Island. It forms the northernmost point of [[Labrador]].

The [[Dominion of Newfoundland]], having been a separate country at the time that Canada's [[Arctic Archipelago|Arctic islands]] were assigned in this manner, shared a boundary with Canada on Killiniq Island. The territory of Labrador included the entire Atlantic watershed of the Labrador Peninsula and its islands.

The northern and western part of Killiniq Island (under Nunavut's jurisdiction) drains into [[Ungava Bay]] and the [[Hudson Strait]]. Thus Cape Chidley is also the terminus of the [[Laurentian Divide]], which separates the [[Arctic Ocean]] [[drainage basin|watershed]] from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] watershed. (Some sources include [[Hudson Bay]] in the Atlantic Ocean watershed, though the Laurentian 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 (Nunavut)|Resolution Island]].

The closest community to Cape Chidley was [[Port Burwell, Nunavut]], until it was evacuated in 1978. 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. The top of the knoll forming the headland at Cape Chidley has an elevation of {{convert|350|m}}, making the cape considerably higher than either of its two flanking headlands.

The [[Cape Chidley Islands]] lie at the north end of the cape.

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* Atlantic Geoscience Society, and Geological Association of Canada. ''From Cape Chidley to Cape Race: Exciting New Developments in Mineral and Petroleum Exploration''. AGS, 1996.
*The Pinetree Line. https://web.archive.org/web/20090621062335/http://www.pinetreeline.org/ 2002
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== External links ==
*[http://www.wright-photo.com/northlabradorcoast1.htm#one Pictures of Cape Chidley]

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