Whiffin Head

Whiffin Head is a cape in Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada. Whiffin Head is situated nearby to the town Arnold’s Cove.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arnold’s Cove and Southern Harbour.

Arnold’s Cove

Town

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arnold's Cove is a town on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1 on Placentia Bay. The name is found in population returns of 1836, and may have been given after the forename of a fisherman.

Southern Harbour

Town

Southern Harbour

Photo: Shhewitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Southern Harbour is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town had a population of 313 in the Canada 2021 Census.

Whiffin Head

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

47.77052° or 47° 46′ 14″ north

Longitude

-54.0129° or 54° 0′ 47″ west

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Open location code

88V7QXCP+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9351876462

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

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