Jorkins Point
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Jorkins Point is a cape in Canada.[http://www.geonames.org/5987938/jorkins%20point.html geonames.org Jorkins Point] It is located on Swindle Island in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in the province of British Columbia in the southwestern part of Canada, 3,800 km (2,360 miles) west of Canada's capital, Ottawa.Calculated from height data (DEM 3) from Viewfinder Panoramas at http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html. More about the algorithm can be found on Swedish Wikipedia at :sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer.
Geography
Jorkins Point forms the southern tip of Swindle Island and lies at the confluence of Milbanke Sound and Finlayson Channel. There are an unusually large number of named landforms in the vicinity of Jorkins Point, including peninsulas, islands, bays, and features on the seafloor.Significantly more named landforms within a 20-km (12.4-mile) radius compared to the average occurrence of named ones on earth, according to GeoNames.
The terrain inland from Jorkins Point on Swindle Island is hilly to the northeast, but to the southwest it is flat.Calculated from the variation in all height data (DEM 3) within a 10-km (6.2-mile) radius from Viewfinder Panoramas at http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html. More about the algorithm can be found on Swedish Wikipedia at :sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer. The highest point in the vicinity is 1.4 km (0.9 mile) northwest of Jorkins Point and is 318 meters (1,043 feet) above sea level.Calculated from height data (DEM 3) from Viewfinder Panoramas at http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html. More about the algorithm can be found on Swedish Wikipedia at :sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer.
Population
The area around Jorkins Point is almost uninhabited, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer{{Cite web |url=https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP |title="NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC. Accessed 30 January 2016. |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209064446/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP |url-status=dead }} (0.8 inhabitants per square mile). There are no communities nearby.
Climate
The climate in the area is temperate. The annual average temperature in the area is 6 °C (42.8 °F). The hottest month is July, when the average temperature is 16 °C (60.8 °F), and the coldest is December, at -2 °C (28.4 °F).{{Cite web |url=https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php |title=NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index”. NASA. Accessed 30 January 2016. |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306025403/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php |url-status=dead }}
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