List of DEW Line Sites
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DEW Line and North Warning System Sites
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, and provide early warning for a land based invasion.Key
- DEW = DEW Line
- DEW Aux = DEW Line Auxiliary Site
- DEW "I" Site = DEW Line Intermediate Site
- DEW Main = DEW Line Main Site
- DEW Rear Comm.. = DEW Line Rearward Communication Site
- NWS = North Warning System
- NWS LRR = North Warning System Long Range RADAR Site
- NWS SRR = North Warning System Short Range RADAR Site
- NWS LSS = North Warning System Logistic SupPort Site
- N/A DEW = Not Applicable to the DEW Line
- N/A NWS = Not Applicable to the North Warning System
- Lat/Long = Latitude and Longitude)
- a.k.a. = also known as
Note: Co-Ordinates marked * are approximate O or are of a geographic place with a repeated name.
The Sites
Site Code | Lat/Long | Site Type | Geographical Name | Significant Dates | Notes |
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COB 1 | 52°58′30"N 168°51′20"W | Aleutian DEW LRR | Nikolski, Alaska Nikolski, Alaska Nikolski is a census-designated place on Umnak Island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 39 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Nikolski is located at .According to the U.S... |
DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. | N/A NWS. |
COB 2 | 53°58′28.81"N 166°54′18.516"W | Aleutian Aleutian Aleutian may refer to:*The Aleut people, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska and of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.... DEW LRR |
Driftwood Bay, Alaska | DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. | N/A NWS. |
COB 3 | 54°35′32"N 164°52′34"W | Aleutian DEW LRR | Cape Sarichef | DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. | N/A NWS. |
COB 4 | 55°58′41"N 160°30′01"W | Aleutian Aleutian Aleutian may refer to:*The Aleut people, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska and of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.... DEW LRR |
Port Moller, Alaska | DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. | N/A NWS. |
COB 5 | 56°58′38"N 158°39′09"W | Aleutian Aleutian Aleutian may refer to:*The Aleut people, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska and of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.... DEW LRR |
Port Heiden, Alaska Port Heiden, Alaska Port Heiden is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 119.-Geography:Port Heiden is located at .... |
DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. | N/A NWS. - Converted to an AC&W radar station, and a height-finder radar was added |
COB M | 55°15′49"N 162°53′08"W | Aleutian Aleutian Aleutian may refer to:*The Aleut people, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska and of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.... DEW LRR |
Cold Bay, Alaska Cold Bay, Alaska Cold Bay is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States.Cold Bay is one of the main commercial centers of the Alaska Peninsula, and is home to Cold Bay Airport.-History:... |
DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. | N/A NWS. |
AGE-X | 61°10′29"N 149°51′26"W | DEW Rear Comm. | Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States... |
Operations ceased 1963. | N/A NWS |
NEL-X | 58°48′21"N 122°41′38"W | DEW Rear Comm. | Fort Nelson, BC | Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
WAT-X | 56°27′00"N 111°02′00"W | DEW Rear Comm. | Waterways, Alberta a.k.a. Stoney Mountain | Operations ceased 1964 | N/A NWS |
BIR-X | 56°30′20.34"N 94°12′48.76"W | DEW Rear Comm. | Bird, Manitoba | Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
LIZ-1 | - | DEW "UNK" Site | Cape Lisburne, Alaska | DEW LIZ Site at an unknown location, N/A NWS | |
LIZ-2 | 69°44′08"N 163°00′59"W | DEW Aux / NWS LRR | Point Lay, Alaska Point Lay, Alaska Point Lay is a census-designated place in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 247.-Geography:Point Lay is located at on the shores of the Chukchi Sea.... |
NWS Site Established 89/90 Site deactivated 1994 |
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LIZ-3 | 70°36′32.65"N 159°52′07.93"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Wainwright, Alaska Wainwright, Alaska Wainwright or Ulguniq or Kuuk is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 546, making it the third largest city in the North Slope Borough. The community was named after Wainwright Lagoon, which in turn was named an officer under Capt. F.W.... |
NWS Site Established 1994 DEW Operations ceased Apr 1995 |
Closed 2007 due to soil erosion & budget concerns |
LIZ-A | 69°01′27"N 163°51′26"W | DEW "I" Site | Cape Sabine, Alaska | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963. | N/A NWS |
LIZ-B | 70°17′16.96"N 161°54′35.64"W | DEW "I" Site | Icy Cape, Alaska Icy Cape, Alaska The Icy Cape is a headland on the Chukchi Sea side of the North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. It was discovered and named by James Cook on August 17, 1778.... |
"I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
LIZ-C | 70°48′32"N 158°15′15"W | DEW "I" Site | Peard Bay, Alaska | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
POW-MAIN | 71°19′38"N 156°38′10"W | DEW Main / NWS LRR | Point Barrow, Alaska | NWS Site Established 89/90 | |
POW-A | 71°03′26"N 154°43′28"W | DEW "I" Site | Cape Simpson, Alaska | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
POW-B | 70°34′31.22"N 152°16′00.87"W | DEW "I" Site | Kogru, Alaska | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
POW-C | 70°24′09"N 148°40′38"W | DEW "I" Site | Point McIntyre, Alaska | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
POW-D | 69°58′27"N 144°50′15"W | DEW "I" Site | Brownlow Point, Alaska | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS - Site located 1.3 mi.SE Collinson Point |
POW-1 | 70°54′37"N 153°14′23"W | DEW Aux NWS SRR |
Lonely, Alaska | DEW Operations ceased Oct 1990 NWS Site Established 1994 |
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POW-2 | 70°29′54"N 149°53′22"W | DEW Aux NWS LRR |
Oliktok Point, Alaska | NWS Site Established 89/90 | |
POW-3 | 70°10′31.23"N 146°51′18.03"W | DEW Aux NWS SRR |
Flaxman Island, Alaska a.k.a. Bullen Point | DEW Operations ceased Apr 1995 NWS Site established 1994 |
Site is physically located at Bullen Point Closed 2007 due to soil erosion and budget concerns |
BAR-MAIN | 70°07′49.5"N 143°38′21"W | DEW Main / NWS LRR | Barter Island, Alaska | NWS Site Established 15 Nov 1990 | Local Community name: Kaktovik |
BAR-A | 69°53′09"N 142°18′28"W | DEW "I" Site | Demarcation Bay, Alaska a.k.a. Nuvagapak Point | "I" Site Operation ceased 1963 | N/A NWS - Site physically located at Nuvagapak Point |
BAR-B | 69°19′49"N 138°44′13"W | DEW "I" Site / NWS SRR | Stokes Point, Yukon | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 NWS Site Established Jul 1991 |
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BAR-C | 69°00′10"N 134°40′00"W | DEW "I" Site | Tununuk Camp, NWT | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
BAR-D | 69°57′00"N 131°27′00"W * | DEW "I" Site | Atkinson Point, NWT | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
BAR-E | 70°00′59.02"N 126°56′35.11"W | DEW "I" Site / NWS SRR | Horton River, NWT a.k.a. Malloch Hills | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 NWS Site Established Jun 1991 |
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BAR-BA 3 | 68°53′39.22"N 133°56′31.81"W | NWS SRR | Storm Hills, NWT | NWS Site established Nov 1990 | N/A DEW |
BAR-DA 1 | 69°36′30"N 130°54′00"W | NWS SRR | Liverpool Bay, NWT | NWS Site established Nov 1990 | N/A DEW |
BAR-1 | 69°35′53"N 140°11′00"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Komakuk Beach, Yukon Komakuk Beach, Yukon Komakuk Beach was the site of a DEW Line station, located on the Arctic coast of Canada's Yukon Territory. The station was closed in 1993 pursuant to the general policy of dismantling such stations that was adopted following the collapse of the Soviet Union, which effectively ended the Cold War... |
DEW Operations ceased 04 Aug 1993 NWS Site Established Oct 1990 |
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BAR-2 | 68°55′23"N 137°15′32"W | DEW Aux / NWS LRR | Shingle Point, Yukon | DEW Operations ceased Jun 1989 NWS Site Established Jun 1989 |
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BAR-3 | 69°26′35"N 132°59′55"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Tuktoyaktuk, NWT | DEW Operations ceased 13 Sep 1993 NWS Site Established Sep 1990 |
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BAR-4 | 69°55′38"N 128°58′13"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Nicholson Penninsula, NWT | DEW Operations ceased 09 Sep 1993 NWS Site established Oct 1990 |
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PIN-MAIN | 70°10′01"N 124°43′30"W * | DEW Main / NWS LRR | Cape Parry, NWT | DEW Operations ceased Aug 1989 NWS Site established Aug 1989 |
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PIN-A | 69°49′00"N 122°44′00"W * | DEW "I" Site | Pearce Point, NWT | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
PIN-B | 69°13′00"N 118°38′00"W * | DEW "I" Site | Clifton Point, Nunavut | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
PIN-C | 68°46′55"N 114°50′01.27"W * | DEW "I"Site | Bernard Harbour, Nunavut | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
PIN-D | 68°31′00"N 111°10′00"W * | DEW "I"Site | Ross Point, Nunavut | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
PIN-E | 69°03′44.02"N 107°16′43.24"W | DEW "I"Site | Cape Peel, Nunavut | "I" Site operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
PIN-1 | 69°35′00"N 120°44′46"W | DEW Aux | Clinton Point, NWT | DEW Operations ceased 03 Sep 1993 | N/A NWS |
PIN-1BD | 69°40′18.96"N 121°40′14.75"W | NWS SRR | Keats Point, NWT | NWS Site established Jul 1991 | N/A DEW |
PIN-1BG | 69°16′00"N 119°13′00"W | NWS SRR | Croker River, Nunavut | NWS Site established Aug 1991 | N/A DEW |
PIN-2 | 68°55′47"N 116°55′45"W | DEW Aux | Cape Young, Nunavut | DEW Operations ceased 31 Aug 1993 | N/A NWS |
PIN-2A | 68°50′23"N 116°58′57"W | NWS SRR | Harding River, Nunavut | NWS Site established Sep 1991 | N/A DEW |
PIN-3 | 68°28′45"N 113°13′32"W | DEW Aux / NWS LRR | Lady Franklin Point, Nunavut | NWS Site established Jun 1989 DEW Operations ceased Jun 1989 |
Site burnt down 10 Jan 2000 |
PIN-4 | 68°55′00"N 108°30′21"W * | DEW Aux | Byron Bay, Nunavut | DEW Operations ceased 21 Aug 1993 | N/A NWS |
PIN-CB | 68°45′19.16"N 114°56′21.58"W | NWS SRR | Bernard Harbour, Nunavut | NWS Site established Sep 1991 | N/A DEW - Site is 3.3 mi SW of DEW Site. |
PIN-DA | 68°29′09.26"N 110°51′50.58"W | NWS SRR | Edinburgh Island, Nunavut | NWS Site established Oct 1991 | N/A DEW |
PIN-EB | 69°01′30"N 107°48′10"W | NWS SRR | Cape Peel West, Nunavut | NWS Operations ceased Oct 1991 | N/A DEW |
CAM-MAIN | 69°06′58.72"N 105°07′08.38"W | DEW Main / NWS LRR/LSS | Cambridge Bay, Nunavut Cambridge Bay, Nunavut Cambridge Bay, named for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, is a hamlet located in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada... |
NWS Site established Sep 1989 DEW Operations ceased Sep 1989 |
Main transPortation hub. |
CAM-A | 68°47′59.1"N 103°19′58"W | DEW "I" Site | Sturt Point, Nunavut | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
CAM-A3A | 68°57′47.39"N 103°45′34.33"W | NWS SRR | Sturt Point, Nunavut | NWS Site established Oct 1991 | N/A DEW |
CAM-B | 68°19′02.17"N 100°04′09.15"W | DEW "I" Site / NWS SRR | Hat Island, Nunavut | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 NWS Site established Sep 1991 |
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CAM-C | 68°52′10"N 95°09′25"W | DEW "I" Site | Matheson Point, Nunavut | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
CAM-D | 68°35′41.34"N 91°57′24.66"W | DEW "I" Site / NWS SRR | Simpson Lake, Nunavut a.k.a. Site 25 | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 NWS Site established Sep 1991 |
SRR Site approx 3/4 mi W of DEW Site. |
CAM-E | 68°17′00"N 88°16′00"W * | DEW "I" Site | Keith Bay, Nunavut | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
CAM-F | 68°34′1.2"N 83°28′4.8"W | DEW "I" Site | Scarpa Lake, Nunavut a.k.a. Site 29 | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
CAM-1 | 68°39′17"N 101°45′00"W | DEW Aux | Jenny Lind Island, Nunavut | DEW Operations ceased 1992 | N/A NWS |
CAM-1A | 68°44′31"N 101°15′17"W | NWS SRR | Jenny Lind Island, Nunavut | NWS Site established Oct 1990 | N/A DEW |
CAM-2 | 68°40′48.35"N 97°48′38.84"W | DEW Aux / NSW SRR | Gladman Point, Nunavut | NWS Site established Oct 1990 DEW Operations ceased |
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CAM-3 | 68°47′34.94"N 93°26′25.17"W | DEW Aux / NWS LRR | Shepherd Bay, Nunavut | NWS Site established Jul 1989 DEW Operations ceased Jul 1989 |
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CAM-4 | 68°26′13.06"N 89°43′34.07"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Pelly Bay, Nunavut Pelly Bay, Nunavut Pelly Bay is an Arctic waterway in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Gulf of Boothia. To the east, it is bounded by the Simpson Peninsula. Helen Island lies in the bay.... |
NWS Site established Sep 1991 DEW Operations ceased 1992 |
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CAM-5 | 68°18′03"N 85°40′29"W | DEW Aux | Mackar Inlet, Nunavut | DEW Operations ceased 1992 | N/A NWS |
CAM-5A | 69°39′21"N 85°34′22"W | NWS SRR | Cape McLoughlin, Nunavut | NWS Site established Jul 1992 | N/A DEW |
CAM-CB | 68°38′10.37"N 95°52′11.99"W | NWS SRR | Gloa Haven, Nunavut | NWS Site established Oct 1990 | N/ADEW |
CAM-FA | 69°06′38.46"N 83°32′23.57"W | NWS SRR | Lailor River, Nunavut | NWS Site established Aug 1992 | N/A DEW |
FOX.MAIN | 68°45′39.3"N 81°13′35.2"W | DEW Main / NWS LRR/LSS | Hall Beach, Nunavut Hall Beach, Nunavut Hall Beach is an Inuit settlement, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, Canada, established in 1957 during the construction of a Distant Early Warning site... a.k.a. Site 30 |
NWS Site established Sep 1989 DEW Operations ceased Sep 1989 | Main transPortation hub |
FOX-1 | 69°04′01.79"N 79°03′55.15"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Rowley Island, Nunavut | NWS Site established Aug 1991 | |
FOX-2 | 68°53′56.24"N 75°08′20.12"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Longstaff Bluff, Nunavut a.k.a. Site 33 | NWS Site established Nov 1990 DEW Operations ceased 1991 |
DEW Site Coordinates 68°53′59.60"N 75°08′43.52"W |
FOX-3 | 68°39′02.56"N 71°13′58.93"W | DEW Aux / NWS LRR | Dewar Lakes, Nunavut | NWS Site established Jul 1989 DEW Operations ceased Jul 1989 |
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FOX-4 | 68°28′21"N 66°48′01"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Cape Hooper, Nunavut a.k.a. Site 37 | NWS Site established DEC 1990 DEW Operations ceased 1991 |
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FOX-5 | 67°32′07.49"N 63°47′11.43"W | DEW Aux / NWS SRR | Broughton Island, Nunavut a.k.a. Qikiqtaruaq a.k.a. Site 39 | NWS Site established DEC 1990 DEW Operations ceased 1991 |
SRR Site Approx. 7 air miles SE of Qikiqtarjuaq |
FOX-A | 69°13′26.23"N 77°13′48.97"W | DEW "I"Site / NWS SRR | Bray Island, Nunavut a.k.a. Site 32 | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 NWS Site established Aug 1991 |
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FOX-B | 68°37′14"N 73°12′58"W | DEW "I" Site / NWS SRR | Nudluardjuk Lake, Nunavut a.k.a. West Baffin | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 NWS Site established Oct 1991 |
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FOX-C | 68°46′00"N 68°37′00"W * | DEW "I" Site | Ekalugad, Nunavut | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
FOX-D | 67°57′06.7"N 64°54′35.7"W | DEW "I" Site | Kivitoo, Nunavut Kivitoo, Nunavut Kivitoo, Nunavut is an abandoned Inuit community and a former whaling station on the northeast shore of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, approximately to the south, in the 1950s.-History:... |
"I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
FOX-E | 67°05′00.03"N 62°12′59.87"W | DEW "I" Site | Durban Island, Nunavut | "I" Site Operations ceased 1963 | N/A NWS |
FOX-CA | 68°36′51"N 9°07′47"W | N/A DEW / NWS SRR | Kangok Fjord, Nunavut | NWS Site established Sep 1992 | |
DYE-MAIN | 66°39′52.46"N 61°21′21.53"W | DEW Main / NWS LRR | Cape Dyer, Nunavut a.k.a. Site41 | NWS Site established Aug 1989 DEW Operations ceased Aug 1989 |
Main Communications hub. |
DYE-1 | 66°38′23"N 52°52′22"W | DEW Aux | Qaqqatoqaq, Greenland near Sisimiut Sisimiut Sisimiut is a town in central-western Greenland, located on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately north of Nuuk. It is the administrative center of the Qeqqata Municipality and the second-largest town in Greenland, with a population of 5,460 people as of 2010. The site of the present-day town... |
De-activated 1988 | N/A NWS |
DYE-2 | 66°29′30"N 46°18′19"W | DEW Aux | Ice Cap 1, Greenland | De-activated 01 Oct 1988 | N/A NWS |
DYE-3 | 65°10′57"N 43°49′10"W | DEW Aux | Ice Cap 2, Greenland | De-activated 1988 | N/A NWS |
DYE-4 | 65°31′39.17"N 37°09′34.55"W | DEW Aux | Kulusuk Kulusuk Kulusuk is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, located on an island of the same name. The settlement population of 286 is quite uncommon for an Inuit settlement in Greenland with many Danes choosing to live there, due to the airport... , Greenland |
De-activated 1991 | N/A NWS - 24 Sep 1991 Last American out |
DYE-5 | 64°2′7"N 22°39′8"W | DEW LRR | Rockville, Iceland, a.k.a. H1 | N/A NWS | |
BAF-2 | 64°57′28"N 63°34′46"W | NWS SRR | Cape Mercy, Nunavut | NWS Site established Jul 1992 | N/A DEW |
BAF-3 (RES-X-1) | 63°20′20"N 64°09′28"W | DEW Rear Comm.. / NWS LRR | Brevoort Island, Nunavut | NWS Site established Oct 1988 | |
BAF-4A | 62°30′22"N 64°38′00"W * | NWS SRR | Loks land, Nunavut | NWS Site established Aug 1992 | N/A DEW |
BAF-5 (RES-X) | 61°35′47.95"N 64°38′20.4"W | DEW Rear Comm.. / NWS SRR | Resolution Island, Nunavut | NWS Site established Sep 1991 Pinetree Operations ceased Nov 1961 |
Former Pinetree Line Pinetree Line The Pinetree Line was a series of radar stations located across the northern United States and southern Canada at about the 50th parallel north, along with a number of other stations located on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Run by NORAD , over half were manned by United States Air Force... Site |
LAB-1 | 59°59′00"N 64°09′55"W | NWS SRR | Cape Kakiviak, Labrador | NWS Site established Jul 1992 | N/A DEW |
LAB-2 | 58°29′19.35"N 62°35′08"W | NWS LRR | Saglek, Labrador | NWS Site established Nov 1988 | N/A DEW - former Pinetree Line Pinetree Line The Pinetree Line was a series of radar stations located across the northern United States and southern Canada at about the 50th parallel north, along with a number of other stations located on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Run by NORAD , over half were manned by United States Air Force... Site. |
LAB-3 | 57°08′07.6"N 61°28′32.8"W | NWS SRR | Cape Kiglapait, Labrador | NWS Site established Aug 1992 | N/A DEW |
LAB-4 | 55°44′30"N 60°25′42"W | NWS SRR | Big Bay, Labrador | NWS Site established Sep 1992 | N/A DEW |
LAB-5 | 54°42′53"N 58°21′30"W | NWS SRR | Tukialik, Labrador | NWS Site established Oct 1992 | N/A DEW |
LAB-6 | 53°33′08"N 56°49′46"W | NWS LRR | Cartwright, Labrador | NWS Site established Nov 1988 Pinetree operations ceased Jun 1968 |
N/A DEW - Former Pinetree Line Pinetree Line The Pinetree Line was a series of radar stations located across the northern United States and southern Canada at about the 50th parallel north, along with a number of other stations located on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Run by NORAD , over half were manned by United States Air Force... Site |