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Machias Seal Island is an island in disputed water between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 8.6 nmi (16 km) southeast from Cutler, Maine, and 10 nmi (19 km) southwest of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick.
Machias Seal Island—about 8.1 ha (20 acres)—and North Rock (Maine and New Brunswick), located in what is known as the "Grey Zone" (about 717 km 2 (277 sq mi) in size), [2] is occupied by a Canadian lighthouse but claimed by the United States and visited by U.S. tour boats. The area is patrolled by the Canadian and US Coast Guard, but only ...
North Rock (French: Roche North) is an offshore rock near the boundary between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy east of the North American continent. Its ownership is disputed between the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine as part of the territorial and maritime boundary dispute surrounding Machias Seal Island nearby to the south.
Project Puffin is an effort initiated by Dr. Stephen W. Kress of the National Audubon Society to learn how to restore puffins to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine. [1] It was started in 1973 [1] when puffins were nesting in only two locations in Maine — Matinicus Rock and Machias Seal Island.
Machias Bay, in Washington County, Maine; Machias River (Aroostook River tributary) in northern Maine; Machias River in eastern Maine; Machias Seal Island, an island in the Gulf of Maine; Machias, New York, a town Machias (CDP), New York, the main hamlet within the town; Machias, Washington, a census-designated place
Machias Seal Island: Gulf of Maine: 8 hectares Grand Manan: Charlotte: Miscou Island: Miscou Harbour: 100 km 2: Shippagan: Gloucester: Ministers Island: Passamaquoddy Bay: Saint Andrews: Charlotte: Navy Island: Saint John Harbour: Simonds: Saint John: Destroyed to create footings for the Harbour Bridge North Rock: Bay of Fundy: Grand Manan ...
Seal Island Historic District, on the islands of St. George and St. Paul in the Bering Sea of Alaska Seal Islands (Aleutians East) , in the Bering Sea, close to Bristol Bay, Alaska, U.S. Seal Islands (California) , a pair of islands in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Another disputed area is the Grey Zone, including Machias Seal Island, in the Gulf of Maine. The Aroostook Valley Country Club is a golf course which straddles the Canada–US border , between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick .