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Cape Wolstenholme (/ ˈ w oʊ s t ə n h oʊ m /; [3] French: cap Wolstenholme; Inuktitut: Anaulirvik [4]) is a cape and is the extreme northernmost point of the province of Quebec, Canada.
The Iluiliq National Park Reserve, formerly the Cap-Wolstenholme National Park Reserve, is a protected area located in the far north of Quebec, in Canada.This territory of 1,263 kilometres (784.79 mi) protects cliffs and fjord reaching heights of 300 meters (980 ft).
Ivujivik (Inuktitut: ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒃ Inuktitut pronunciation:, meaning "Place where ice accumulates because of strong currents", or "Sea-ice crash Area") is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, Quebec, and the northernmost settlement in any Canadian province, although there are settlements further north in the territories.
The pamphlet was an attempt to start a new vision of Quebec. It has been described as "an anti-religious and anti-establishment manifesto and one of the most influential social and artistic documents in modern Quebec history". [132] It would have a lasting impact, influencing the supporters of Quebec's Quiet Revolution during the 1960s.
Its northernmost point is Cape Wolstenholme. Quebec also shares a land border with four northeast states of the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont) to the south. [4] In 1927, the border between the Province of Quebec and the Dominion of Newfoundland was delineated by the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The Ungava Peninsula is situated on the northeast portion of the Canadian Shield where the Rae Province connects with the Superior Province. The region is composed of Archean rocks (ca. 2.7–2.9 Ga) from the Douglas Harbour Domain (see Superior Craton).
Wolstenholme Fjord (Greenlandic: Uummannap Kangerlua) [1] is a fjord in Avannaata municipality, Northwest Greenland. It is located to the north of the Thule Air Base and adjacent to the abandoned Inuit settlement of Narsaarsuk. The area was contaminated in 1968 with plutonium and other radioactive elements following a B-52 bomber crash. [2]
Wolstenholme Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarssuaq) [1] is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwestern Greenland. [2] The island lies west of the Bylot Sound off Cape Atholl in the southern shore of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord, south of Saunders Island. [3] It is smaller than the latter and made of gneiss. [4]