Jorkins Point is a
cape in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. It is located on
Swindle Island in the
Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in the province of
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
in the southwestern part of Canada, 3,800 km (2,360 miles) west of Canada's capital,
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
.
[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.]
Geography
Jorkins Point forms the southern tip of Swindle Island and lies at the confluence of
Milbanke Sound and
Finlayson Channel. There are an unusually large number of named
landform
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, ...
s in the vicinity of Jorkins Point, including
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...
s,
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
s,
bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...
s, and features on the
seafloor.
[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.]
The terrain inland from Jorkins Point on Swindle Island is hilly to the northeast, but to the southwest it is flat.
[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.] 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.
[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.]
Population
The area around Jorkins Point is almost uninhabited, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer
"NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC. Accessed 30 January 2016.
/ref> (0.8 inhabitants per square mile). There are no communities nearby.
Climate
The climate in the area is temperate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout t ...
. 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, at -2 °C (28.4 °F).[NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index”. NASA. Accessed 30 January 2016.]
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Notes
References
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Central Coast of British Columbia
Headlands of British Columbia