Cape Race

Dense fog, rocky coasts, and its proximity to trans-Atlantic shipping routes have resulted in many shipwrecks near Cape Race over the years.

Cape Race is a flat, barren point of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, its cliffs rising almost vertically to 30.5 metres (100 ft) above sea level.

On the night Titanic sank, wireless operator Jack Phillips was sending telegraphs to Cape Race for relay to New York City.

When Cyril Evans, wireless operator of the Leyland Line SS Californian, informed to the RMS Titanic, only a few miles away, that the ship had stopped for the night and was surrounded by icy water.

After Titanic's distress call, Cape Race played a major role in relaying news of the sinking to other ships and land locations.