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Module:Location map/data/Canada is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on a Lambert conformal conic projection map of Canada. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
In the Southern and Arctic zones, the National Tiling System numbers map series by latitude and longitude. After padding a map series number to three digits using leading zeroes, the last digit in a map series number indicates a specific range of latitudes, and the number formed by the other digits indicates a specific range of longitudes.
An enlargeable topographic map of Canada The northernmost point of land within the boundaries of Canada is Cape Columbia , Ellesmere Island , Nunavut 83°06′40″N 69°58′19″W / 83.111°N 69.972°W / 83.111; -69.972 ( Cape Columbia,
Sign on the Trans-Canada Highway near Winnipeg, marking the longitude centre of Canada. The rural village of Taché, Mantioba, east of Winnipeg on the Trans-Canada Highway, has a sign at 96°48'35"W that proclaims it the longitudinal centre of Canada. [1] The sign was upgraded with the opening of Centre of Canada Park in 2017. [2]
Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean. [1]
latitude in degrees (positive for all locations in Canada). $2: longitude in degrees (negative for all locations in Canada). x (%): x coordinate expressed as percentage of image width (measured from left edge). y (%): y coordinate expressed as percentage of image height (measured from top edge).
Southernmost point of land in Canada, and part of Point Pelee National Park: Land: Shore of the St. Lawrence River NE of Wood Creek, near Curry Hill. Water: In the St. Lawrence River offshore from the previous point Manitoba border Longitude: 95°09'11" West Prince Edward Island: North Cape: Wood Islands: East Point: West Cape: Quebec
In latitude, Canada's most northerly point of land is Cape Columbia in Nunavut at 83°6′41″N, with its southern extreme at Middle Island in Lake Erie at 41°40′53″N. In longitude, Canada's land extends from Cape Spear, Newfoundland, at 52°37'W, to Mount St. Elias, Yukon Territory, at 141°W. [122]