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Fogo Island Radar Station
Part of United States General Surveillance Radar
Newfoundland
Emblem of the 685th Air Warning Squadron
Coordinates49°42′32″N 054°04′18.8″W / 49.70889°N 54.071889°W / 49.70889; -54.071889 (Fogo Island Radar Station)
TypeRadar Station
CodeQuad
Site information
Controlled byNewfoundland Base Command
Site history
Built1942
Built byUnited States Army
In use1943–1945
Garrison information
Garrison685th Air Warning Company
Fogo Island Radar Station is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
Fogo Island Radar Station
Fogo Island Radar Station
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Location of Fogo Island Radar Station, Newfoundland

Fogo Island Radar Station (Quad) was a United States Army General Surveillance Ground Radar Early Warning Station in the Dominion of Newfoundland.[1][2] It was built during World War II and responsible for monitoring air traffic from Gander to Goose Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was located in Sandy Cove, Fogo Island 260 kilometres (160 mi) north-northwest of St. John's.[4] It was closed in 1945.[5]

  1. ^ "A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Other American Stations". www.heritage.nf.ca.
  3. ^ "Newfoundland Forts".
  4. ^ "The first United States Ground Radar Early Warning Station in the North Atlantic area at Sandy Cove, Fogo Island, Newfoundland".
  5. ^ "The CADIN Pinetree Line Locations".

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