Jorkins Point
Jorkins Point | |
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Coordinates: 52°25′56″N 128°29′57″W / 52.43236°N 128.49918°W | |
Location | Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada |
Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
Jorkins Point is a cape in Canada.[1] It is located on Swindle Island in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in the province of British Columbia in the southwestern part of Canada, 3,800 km (2,360 miles) west of Canada′s capital, Ottawa.[note 1]
The terrain inland is hilly to the northeast, but to the southwest it is flat. The sea is near Jorkins Point to the south.[note 2] The highest point in the vicinity is 1.4 km (0.9 mile) northwest of Jorkins Point and is 318 meters (1,043 feet) above sea level.[note 3] There are an unusually large number of named landforms in the vicinity of Jorkins Point, including peninsulas, islands, bays, and features on the seafloor.[note 4] The area around Jorkins Point is almost uninhabited, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer,[2] and there are no communities nearby.
The climate in the area is temperate. The annual average temperature in the area is 6° C (42.8° F). The hottest month is July, when the average temperature is 16° C (60.8° F), and the coldest is December, with -2° C (28.4° F).[3]
Notes
- ^ Calculated from height data (DEM 3) from Viewfinder Panoramas at http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html. More about the algorithm can be found on Swedish Wikipedia at sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer.
- ^ Calculated from the variation in all height data (DEM 3) within a 10-km (6.2-mile) radius from Viewfinder Panoramas at http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html. More about the algorithm can be found on Swedish Wikipedia at sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer.
- ^ Calculated from height data (DEM 3) from Viewfinder Panoramas at http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html. More about the algorithm can be found on Swedish Wikipedia at sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer.
- ^ Significantly more named landforms within a 20-km (12.4-mile) radius compared to the average occurrence of named ones on earth, according to GeoNames.