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The Headland of Cape Porcupine is a remote point of land on the south east coast of Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Cape juts out into the Atlantic Ocean in a generally easterly direction and forms a protective barrier from Northerly gales for the beach of white sand referred to Wonderstrands. The name of the cape is not known but not likely for the rodent rather for the Porcupine caribou that can be found in the area. The beach in the area is believed to have been visited by explorer Leif Eirikson, whom called it Markland or Land of Woods.〔http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/newfoundland/vikings/〕 The closes settlement to Cape Porcupine is Cartwright, Labrador which lies approximately to the south. The area is not assessable by road and reach either by air (helicopter) or by sea. In 2008 Dunnite was dumped in the area and mistaken as rusty rocks..〔(Mounties issue warning after explosives mistaken for rocks ), ''The News'', Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, September 11, 2008.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape Porcupine, Newfoundland and Labrador」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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