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Labrador (/ ˈ l æ b r ə d ɔːr / LAB-rə-dor) is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. [2] It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its population.
The Labrador Peninsula or Quebec-Labrador Peninsula, [1] [2] is a large peninsula in eastern Canada.It is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, Strait of Belle Isle and the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the southeast.
Most of Labrador's southern boundary with Quebec follows the 52nd parallel of latitude. Labrador's extreme northern tip, at 60°22′N, shares a short border with Nunavut on Killiniq Island. Labrador also has a maritime border with Greenland. Labrador's land area (including associated small islands) is 294,330 km 2 (113,640 sq mi). [19]
Labrador's area (including associated small islands) is 294,330 square kilometres (113,640 sq mi). [7] Together, Newfoundland and Labrador make up 4.06% of Canada's area. [10] The island of Newfoundland is separated from Labrador by the Strait of Belle Isle, which is 125 kilometres (78 mi) long and from 60 to 15 kilometres (37.3 to 9.3 mi) wide ...
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[3] [4] In the mid-1980s, the site quickly became recognized as an important location containing possibly the oldest metazoan fossils in North America, and the most ancient deep-water marine fossils in the world. A five-kilometre stretch of coastline was first established provisionally as a reserve by the provincial government in 1984 and was ...
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Map showing the Flemish Cap at far right. The Flemish Cap is an area of shallow waters in the north Atlantic Ocean centered roughly at 47° north, 45° west or about 563 km (350 miles) east of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The shallow water is caused by a wide underwater plateau covering an extended area of 42,000 km 2 (12,000 square ...