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Sirmilik National Park (/ ˈ s ɜːr m əl ɪ k /; Inuktitut: "the place of glaciers" [3]) is a national park located in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada, established in 1999. [4] [5] [6] Situated within the Arctic Cordillera, the park is composed of three areas: most of Bylot Island with the exception for a few areas that are Inuit-owned lands, Kangiqłuruluk, and Baffin Island's Borden Peninsula.
Sea cliffs dominate the peninsula's northern shore along the St. Lawrence River. [6] Cap Gaspé, jutting into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is the easternmost point of the peninsula. Percé Rock (or Rocher Percé), an island pierced by a natural arch, is just offshore of the peninsula's eastern end.
The range measures approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-south, and the width in the east–west direction varies from 4 to 8 miles (6.4 to 12.9 km). The west side of the range is steep and rugged, with a number of sheer rock walls and towers near Sandia Crest. The east side has a gentler slope. [7]
Due to wave action eroding the cliffs, existing headlands are expected to become new limestone stacks in the future. [ 3 ] The stacks were originally known as the Pinnacles, and the Sow and Pigs (or Sow and Piglets, with Muttonbird Island being the Sow and the smaller rock stacks being the Piglets), as well as the Twelve Apostles.
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Levant cloud forming against the eastern cliffs of the Rock of Gibraltar. The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic promontory. The Main Ridge has a sharp crest with peaks over 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level, formed by Early Jurassic limestones and dolomites. [5] It is a deeply eroded and highly faulted limb of an overturned fold.
Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...