Ribback Island
Ribback Island is an island in Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador. Ribback Island is situated nearby to the town Hopedale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hopedale Airport and Hopedale Air Station.
Hopedale Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Hopedale Airport is 1 nautical mile west of Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The airport was built in the 1960s to provide air support for Hopedale Air Station, a USAF station.
Hopedale Air Station
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hopedale Air Station is a General Surveillance Radar station that the USAF closed in 1968. It is located north of the community of Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador 147.8 miles west-northwest of CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hopedale.
Hopedale
Town
Photo: Michel Meunier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hopedale is a town located in the north of Labrador, the mainland portion of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Hopedale is the legislative capital of the Inuit Land Claims Area Nunatsiavut, and where the Nunatsiavut Assembly meets.
Ribback Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.4504° or 55° 27′ 1″ northLongitude
-60.2229° or 60° 13′ 22″ westOpen location code
977XFQ2G+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 2065037180OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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