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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...

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