Cape Spear
Cape Spear is a headland located on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland near St. John's in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. At a longitude of 52°37' W, it is the easternmost point in Canada and North America excluding Greenland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Spear Lighthouse (new).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. John’s and Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove.
St. John’s
Photo: Emmanuel Milou, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. John's is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the oldest city in North America and is on the Avalon Peninsula in the southeast corner of the island of Newfoundland.
Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove
Town
Petty Harbour–Maddox Cove is a town of approximately 950 people located on the eastern shore of the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Pleasantville
Quarter
Photo: Newfoundlander&Labradorian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The neighbourhood of Pleasantville in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is located in the east end of the city, directly north of the downtown. The neighbourhood extends from the north side of Quidi Vidi Lake northward to Newfoundland Drive, and is largely made up of apartment blocks.
Cape Spear
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Categories: peninsula, national historic site of Canada, and landform
- Location: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.52364° or 47° 31′ 25″ northLongitude
-52.61993° or 52° 37′ 12″ westElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
88V9G9FJ+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 9364855168OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cape Spear” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيب سبير”
- Catalan: “Cap Spear”
- Catalan: “Cape Spear”
- Cebuano: “Cape Spear”
- Chinese: “斯必尔角”
- Chinese: “斯皮爾角”
- Dutch: “Cape Spear”
- French: “cap d’Espoir”
- French: “Cap d’Espoir”
- French: “Cap Spear”
- German: “Cape Spear”
- German: “Kap Spear”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Σπήαρ”
- Greek: “Καπ ντ‘ Εσπουάρ”
- Hungarian: “Spear-fok”
- Italian: “capo Spear”
- Italian: “Capo Spear”
- Japanese: “スピア岬”
- Polish: “Cape Spear”
- Polish: “Przylądek Spear”
- Portuguese: “Cabo da Esperança”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Spear”
- Portuguese: “Cape Spear”
- Russian: “Кейп-Спир”
- Slovenian: “Cape Spear”
- Spanish: “Cabo Spear”
- Swedish: “Cape Spear (udde i Kanada, Newfoundland och Labrador)”
- Swedish: “Cape Spear”
- Vietnamese: “Mũi Spear”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blackhead and North Head.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cape Spear and Cape Spear Lighthouse.
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