Knowledge (XXG)

Langara Island

Source 📝

267: 27: 1227: 1168:
Kaiser, G.W.; Taylor, R.H.; Buck, P.D.; Elliott, J.E.; Howald, G.R.; Drever, M.C. 1997. The Langara Island Seabird Habitat Recovery Project: Eradication of Norway Rats – 1993–1997. Technical Report Series No. 304, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, British
282:. During Lángara's period at the head of the Spanish navy, Spanish explorers were charting the coast of what is now British Columbia, and, in their charts, named some land formations after him. 266: 1245: 258:, Canada. The island is approximately 8,080 acres (3,270 ha) in size. It is located approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Alaska. 153: 283: 110: 344: 1264: 44: 91: 48: 63: 1269: 70: 37: 1197: 1156: 77: 351: 1242: 59: 1202: 287: 318:
was begun in July 1995 using anti-coagulant bait and the island was declared free of rats in May 1997.
323: 1223: 1141: 279: 255: 84: 310:
was lit at the northwest corner of the island. It is one of the largest islands from which
1249: 340: 239: 1258: 856: 307: 303: 251: 188: 26: 331:
and the cause of the sinking is unknown. All members of the crew were rescued.
809: 311: 168: 155: 355:) with cool to mild summers and very cool, rainy winters with chilly nights. 362:
Climate data for Langara Island, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1936–present
412: 328: 291: 299: 247: 275: 265: 20: 306:
off the northwestern tip of Langara Island. In 1913 the
290:
to sight, examine, name, and record these islands. His
1198:"Fishing boat 'Haida Legend' sinks off Langara Island" 274:
Little is known about its history. It is named after
327:
sank off Langara Island. The vessel had been fishing
314:have been eradicated. The eradication campaign for 221: 216: 202: 194: 184: 147: 142: 128: 51:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 8: 123: 358: 302:. In July 1774, he briefly met a group of 122: 111:Learn how and when to remove this message 1179: 7: 49:adding citations to reliable sources 1196:Andrew Hudson (14 September 2018). 1157:List of islands of British Columbia 16:Island in British Columbia, Canada 14: 25: 36:needs additional citations for 1: 929:Average snowfall cm (inches) 298:, which was crewed mostly by 270:Dadens, Langara Island, 1878 1229:, accessed 3 September 2017 999:Average precipitation days 668:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 528:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 198:8,080 acres (3,270 ha) 1286: 1139: 361: 1092: 1045: 998: 928: 854: 807: 737: 667: 597: 527: 457: 410: 405: 402: 399: 396: 393: 390: 387: 384: 381: 378: 375: 372: 369: 366: 321:On 6 September 2018, the 284:Juan José Pérez Hernández 207: 138: 246:), is the northernmost 1265:Islands of Haida Gwaii 339:Langara Island has an 271: 169:54.23417°N 133.02028°W 269: 1248:3 March 2016 at the 1203:Haida Gwaii Observer 458:Record high °C (°F) 174:54.23417; -133.02028 45:improve this article 1093:Average snowy days 1046:Average rainy days 738:Record low °C (°F) 598:Daily mean °C (°F) 165: /  125: 1270:Island restoration 1224:Environment Canada 1186:Kaiser et al. 1997 1142:Environment Canada 272: 1147: 1146: 229: 228: 121: 120: 113: 95: 1277: 1230: 1221: 1215: 1214: 1212: 1210: 1193: 1187: 1184: 1096: 1049: 1002: 359: 278:naval commander 256:British Columbia 180: 179: 177: 176: 175: 170: 166: 163: 162: 161: 158: 126: 116: 109: 105: 102: 96: 94: 60:"Langara Island" 53: 29: 21: 1285: 1284: 1280: 1279: 1278: 1276: 1275: 1274: 1255: 1254: 1250:Wayback Machine 1239: 1234: 1233: 1222: 1218: 1208: 1206: 1195: 1194: 1190: 1185: 1181: 1176: 1165: 1153: 1148: 1094: 1047: 1000: 993: 988: 983: 978: 973: 968: 963: 958: 953: 948: 943: 938: 933: 923: 918: 913: 908: 903: 898: 893: 888: 883: 878: 873: 868: 863: 802: 797: 792: 787: 782: 777: 772: 767: 762: 757: 752: 747: 742: 732: 727: 722: 717: 712: 707: 702: 697: 692: 687: 682: 677: 672: 662: 657: 652: 647: 642: 637: 632: 627: 622: 617: 612: 607: 602: 592: 587: 582: 577: 572: 567: 562: 557: 552: 547: 542: 537: 532: 522: 517: 512: 507: 502: 497: 492: 487: 482: 477: 472: 467: 462: 349:, bordering on 341:oceanic climate 337: 280:Juan de Lángara 264: 212: 173: 171: 167: 164: 159: 156: 154: 152: 151: 134: 133: 117: 106: 100: 97: 54: 52: 42: 30: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1283: 1281: 1273: 1272: 1267: 1257: 1256: 1253: 1252: 1238: 1237:External links 1235: 1232: 1231: 1216: 1188: 1178: 1177: 1175: 1172: 1171: 1170: 1164: 1161: 1160: 1159: 1152: 1149: 1145: 1144: 1137: 1136: 1133: 1130: 1127: 1124: 1121: 1118: 1115: 1112: 1109: 1106: 1103: 1100: 1097: 1090: 1089: 1086: 1083: 1080: 1077: 1074: 1071: 1068: 1065: 1062: 1059: 1056: 1053: 1050: 1043: 1042: 1039: 1036: 1033: 1030: 1027: 1024: 1021: 1018: 1015: 1012: 1009: 1006: 1003: 996: 995: 990: 985: 980: 975: 970: 965: 960: 955: 950: 945: 940: 935: 930: 926: 925: 920: 915: 910: 905: 900: 895: 890: 885: 880: 875: 870: 865: 860: 852: 851: 848: 845: 842: 839: 836: 833: 830: 827: 824: 821: 818: 815: 812: 805: 804: 799: 794: 789: 784: 779: 774: 769: 764: 759: 754: 749: 744: 739: 735: 734: 729: 724: 719: 714: 709: 704: 699: 694: 689: 684: 679: 674: 669: 665: 664: 659: 654: 649: 644: 639: 634: 629: 624: 619: 614: 609: 604: 599: 595: 594: 589: 584: 579: 574: 569: 564: 559: 554: 549: 544: 539: 534: 529: 525: 524: 519: 514: 509: 504: 499: 494: 489: 484: 479: 474: 469: 464: 459: 455: 454: 451: 448: 445: 442: 439: 436: 433: 430: 427: 424: 421: 418: 415: 408: 407: 404: 401: 398: 395: 392: 389: 386: 383: 380: 377: 374: 371: 368: 364: 363: 357: 336: 333: 286:was the first 263: 260: 244:Ḵ'íis Gwáayaay 238:to the Haida ( 232:Langara Island 227: 226: 223: 219: 218: 214: 213: 208: 205: 204: 203:Administration 200: 199: 196: 192: 191: 186: 182: 181: 149: 145: 144: 140: 139: 136: 135: 132:Ḵ'íis Gwáayaay 131: 129: 124:Langara Island 119: 118: 33: 31: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1282: 1271: 1268: 1266: 1263: 1262: 1260: 1251: 1247: 1244: 1241: 1240: 1236: 1228: 1225: 1220: 1217: 1205: 1204: 1199: 1192: 1189: 1183: 1180: 1173: 1167: 1166: 1162: 1158: 1155: 1154: 1150: 1143: 1138: 1134: 1131: 1128: 1125: 1122: 1119: 1116: 1113: 1110: 1107: 1104: 1101: 1098: 1091: 1087: 1084: 1081: 1078: 1075: 1072: 1069: 1066: 1063: 1060: 1057: 1054: 1051: 1044: 1040: 1037: 1034: 1031: 1028: 1025: 1022: 1019: 1016: 1013: 1010: 1007: 1004: 997: 991: 986: 981: 976: 971: 966: 961: 956: 951: 946: 941: 936: 931: 927: 921: 916: 911: 906: 901: 896: 891: 886: 881: 876: 871: 866: 861: 858: 857:precipitation 853: 849: 846: 843: 840: 837: 834: 831: 828: 825: 822: 819: 816: 813: 811: 806: 800: 795: 790: 785: 780: 775: 770: 765: 760: 755: 750: 745: 740: 736: 730: 725: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 695: 690: 685: 680: 675: 670: 666: 660: 655: 650: 645: 640: 635: 630: 625: 620: 615: 610: 605: 600: 596: 590: 585: 580: 575: 570: 565: 560: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 530: 526: 520: 515: 510: 505: 500: 495: 490: 485: 480: 475: 470: 465: 460: 456: 452: 449: 446: 443: 440: 437: 434: 431: 428: 425: 422: 419: 416: 414: 409: 365: 360: 356: 354: 353: 348: 347: 342: 334: 332: 330: 326: 325: 319: 317: 316:R. norvegicus 313: 309: 308:Langara Light 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 285: 281: 277: 268: 261: 259: 257: 253: 249: 245: 241: 237: 233: 224: 220: 215: 211: 206: 201: 197: 193: 190: 187: 183: 178: 150: 146: 141: 137: 130:Native name: 127: 115: 112: 104: 93: 90: 86: 83: 79: 76: 72: 69: 65: 62: –  61: 57: 56:Find sources: 50: 46: 40: 39: 34:This article 32: 28: 23: 22: 19: 1219: 1209:16 September 1207:. Retrieved 1201: 1191: 1182: 1163:Publications 859:mm (inches) 411:Record high 350: 345: 338: 324:Haida Legend 322: 320: 315: 295: 273: 243: 235: 231: 230: 217:Demographics 209: 107: 98: 88: 81: 74: 67: 55: 43:Please help 38:verification 35: 18: 808:Record low 312:Norway rats 252:Haida Gwaii 234:, known as 189:Haida Gwaii 185:Archipelago 172: / 160:133°01′13″W 148:Coordinates 1259:Categories 1174:References 1095:(≥ 0.2 cm) 1048:(≥ 0.2 mm) 1001:(≥ 0.2 mm) 810:wind chill 236:Kiis Gwaii 222:Population 157:54°14′03″N 101:April 2022 71:newspapers 1169:Columbia. 143:Geography 1246:Archived 1151:See also 1140:Source: 924:(77.45) 909:(10.10) 855:Average 300:Mexicans 296:Santiago 294:was the 288:European 994:(27.3) 922:1,967.2 919:(8.79) 914:(9.06) 904:(7.50) 899:(5.28) 894:(3.68) 889:(3.71) 884:(4.30) 879:(5.50) 874:(5.90) 869:(5.54) 864:(8.10) 788:(23.9) 783:(34.0) 778:(42.1) 773:(42.1) 768:(37.9) 763:(32.0) 758:(26.1) 753:(10.9) 748:(10.4) 733:(42.6) 728:(36.5) 723:(38.7) 718:(44.8) 713:(50.0) 708:(52.5) 703:(51.1) 698:(47.1) 693:(42.8) 688:(38.7) 683:(36.5) 678:(35.8) 673:(36.0) 663:(46.4) 658:(39.7) 653:(42.1) 648:(48.6) 643:(54.1) 638:(56.5) 633:(54.9) 628:(51.4) 623:(47.3) 618:(43.3) 613:(40.6) 608:(39.4) 603:(39.2) 593:(50.2) 588:(43.0) 583:(45.5) 578:(52.2) 573:(58.1) 568:(60.4) 563:(58.6) 558:(55.8) 553:(51.8) 548:(48.0) 543:(44.4) 538:(42.8) 533:(42.4) 523:(88.2) 518:(56.3) 513:(59.0) 508:(68.0) 503:(73.0) 498:(78.4) 493:(72.0) 488:(88.2) 483:(77.0) 478:(66.9) 473:(59.9) 468:(55.0) 463:(56.7) 413:humidex 335:Climate 329:halibut 292:frigate 276:Spanish 262:History 85:scholar 1088:256.0 1041:269.0 989:(4.8) 984:(3.1) 979:(0.6) 954:(0.2) 949:(1.3) 944:(4.4) 939:(5.2) 934:(7.8) 850:−27.5 847:−23.6 844:−27.5 841:−10.3 823:−11.0 820:−20.8 817:−23.2 814:−25.3 803:(3.4) 798:(9.0) 793:(3.4) 743:(6.1) 367:Month 248:island 210:Canada 87:  80:  73:  66:  58:  1243:SPREP 1135:21.8 1126:0.73 1123:0.04 1111:0.23 1085:24.4 1082:24.8 1079:25.3 1076:20.9 1073:18.0 1070:18.4 1067:17.4 1064:19.4 1061:21.0 1058:23.0 1055:20.1 1052:23.2 1038:25.9 1035:25.2 1032:26.3 1029:22.1 1026:20.0 1023:19.5 1020:18.5 1017:19.8 1014:22.1 1011:23.5 1008:21.0 1005:25.2 917:223.2 912:230.0 907:256.6 902:190.5 897:134.0 882:109.3 877:139.8 872:149.8 867:140.6 862:205.8 838:−5.3 801:−15.9 796:−12.8 791:−15.9 751:−11.7 746:−12.0 741:−14.4 453:28.2 450:12.7 447:16.6 444:22.9 441:24.8 438:28.2 435:24.3 432:23.0 429:22.7 426:18.6 423:13.4 420:13.7 417:15.0 406:Year 304:Haida 240:Haida 92:JSTOR 78:books 1211:2018 1132:4.2 1129:2.7 1108:1.5 1105:4.3 1102:3.6 1099:4.4 992:69.3 987:12.1 974:(0) 969:(0) 964:(0) 959:(0) 942:11.1 937:13.1 932:19.9 892:93.5 887:94.2 835:0.0 832:0.0 829:0.0 826:0.0 786:−4.5 756:−3.3 711:10.0 706:11.4 701:10.6 641:12.3 636:13.6 631:12.7 626:10.8 591:10.1 576:11.2 571:14.5 566:15.8 561:14.8 556:13.2 551:11.0 521:31.2 516:13.5 511:15.0 506:20.0 501:22.8 496:25.8 491:22.2 486:31.2 481:25.0 476:19.4 471:15.5 466:12.8 461:13.7 403:Dec 400:Nov 397:Oct 394:Sep 391:Aug 388:Jul 385:Jun 382:May 379:Apr 376:Mar 373:Feb 370:Jan 195:Area 64:news 982:7.8 977:1.6 952:0.5 947:3.2 781:1.1 776:5.6 771:5.6 766:3.3 761:0.0 731:5.9 726:2.5 721:3.7 716:7.1 696:8.4 691:6.0 686:3.7 681:2.5 676:2.1 671:2.2 661:8.0 656:4.3 651:5.6 646:9.2 621:8.5 616:6.3 611:4.8 606:4.1 601:4.0 586:6.1 581:7.5 546:8.9 541:6.9 536:6.0 531:5.8 352:Cfc 346:Cfb 254:in 250:of 225:460 47:by 1261:: 1200:. 1120:0 1117:0 1114:0 242:: 1226:— 1213:. 972:0 967:0 962:0 957:0 343:( 114:) 108:( 103:) 99:( 89:· 82:· 75:· 68:· 41:.

Index


verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Langara Island"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
54°14′03″N 133°01′13″W / 54.23417°N 133.02028°W / 54.23417; -133.02028
Haida Gwaii
Haida
island
Haida Gwaii
British Columbia

Spanish
Juan de Lángara
Juan José Pérez Hernández
European
frigate
Mexicans
Haida
Langara Light
Norway rats
Haida Legend
halibut
oceanic climate

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.