Cape Race, Newfoundland

Cape Race (46° 39′ 35″ N, 53° 04′ 20″ W NST) is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada. Its name is thought to come from the original Portuguese name for this cape, "Raso", or "bare". The Cape appeared on early sixteenth century maps as Cape Raso and may derive from a cape of the same name at the mouth of the Tagus River in Portugal. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Cape_race_newfoundland. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Cape_race_newfoundland. ... Jump to: navigation, search NST is UTC-3:30 The Newfoundland Standard Time Zone (NST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting 3½ hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resulting in UTC-3:30. ... The Avalon Peninsula is a large peninsula (9,270 km²) that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. ... Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ... View over Tejo River from São Jorge Castle in Lisbon (June 2002). ...

Geography

Dense fogs, rocky coasts, and its proximity to trans-Atlantic shipping routes have resulted in many shipwrecks near Cape Race over the years. Cape Race is a flat barren point of land juting out into the Atlantic Ocean. It's clifts rising nearly vertical to 30.5 m (100 ft) above sea level. According to meteorological statistics it is shrouded in fog over 158 days of the year. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... A shipwreck is the remains of a ship after it has sunk or been beached as a result of a crisis at sea. ...

Lighthouse

In 1856, the first lighthouse was installed by the British Government's Trinity House. It was a cast iron tower with a coal oil lamp turned by clockwork. It was replaced in 1907 by a concrete tower and a light with a massive hyperradiant Fresnel lens. The original lighthouse was then moved to Cape North; it now stands in front of the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. Jump to: navigation, search 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Trinity House - or, more correctly, the Corporation of Trinity House - came into being in 1514 by Royal Charter granted by Henry VIII. The Master of the Corporation is the Duke of Edinburgh Trinity House has three main functions: The care of all lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and... Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon (alloys with less carbon are carbon steel by definition). ... In mechanical engineering, a clockwork is either a lightweight mechanical linkage, especially one involving multiple axles, or a complete mechanical device whose functioning relies on internal clockwork (in the preceding sense), especially where muscular effort is the sole source of operating power. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Hyperradiant fresnel lenses were the largest ever built and were installed in fewer than a dozen major landfall beacons around the world. ... Lens of a lighthouse in Rozewie A Fresnel lens is a type of lens invented by Augustin-Jean Fresnel. ... The Canada Science and Technology Museum (French: Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada) is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on St. ... Jump to: navigation, search {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ...

Postage stamp of Cape Race, Newfoundland

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History

From 1859 to 1866, the New York City Associated Press kept a newsboat at Cape Race to meet ocean liners passing by on their way from Europe, so that news could be telegraphed to New York. These news items carried the byline "via Cape Race". New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ...

In 1904, the first wireless station in Newfoundland was built at Cape Race. This was the only land-based location that received the distress call from the RMS Titanic. Jump to: navigation, search 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Wireless is an old-fashioned term for a radio receiver, referring to its use as a wireless telegraph. ... Jump to: navigation, search The New York Herald reports the disaster. ...

2002 photo of Cape Race, Newfoundland