List of DEW Line 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.