Galipeau Island

Galipeau Island is a Canadian island in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron.[1]

Geography

Galipeau Island is located in the province of Ontario, in the southeastern part of the country, 400 km west of the Canada's capital, Ottawa. The island is 87.8 km away from the nearest airport, Muskoka Airport.[2] The area is part of the Hemiboreal climate zone.[3] The average annual temperature on the island is 3 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 18 °C, and the coldest is February, by -19 °C.[4] The rainiest month is October, with an average of 191 mm rainfall, and the driest is February, with 66 mm rainfall.[5]

Topography

Galipeau Island is 175 meters above sea level.[6]

References
  1. "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. "Galipeau Island / Galipeau Island, Ontario, Canada, North America". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  3. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007-10-11). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1607-7938.
  4. "Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO)". Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO). 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  5. "Rainfall (1 month - TRMM) | NASA". Rainfall (1 month - TRMM) | NASA. 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. "Galipeau Island". Mapcarta. Retrieved 2018-05-24.

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