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    Grey Islands

    The Canadian Grey Islands consist of two islands, Bell Island and Groais Island, located off Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula to the east in the Atlantic Ocean.

    View of Newfoundland taken during ISS Expedition 15.
    View of Newfoundland taken during ISS Expedition 15.

    Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain

    Chart

    84 landforms

    Overview

    The Canadian Grey Islands consist of two islands, Bell Island and Groais Island, located off Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula to the east in the Atlantic Ocean. Largest of them is the southern Bell Island with an area of 88 km2. The islands are hilly, rising to over 152 m. (500 ft). The village of Grey Islands Harbour was situated at the southern end of Bell Island; the village of Sandy Cove was on Groais Island. Both islands had been evacuated by the early 1970s.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands2
    • Minor islands1
    • Islets40
    • Rocks & skerries41

    Major islands

    2
    • Groais Island

      Groais Island

      Area
      43.3 km²
      High point
      249 m

      Groais Island is one of the Grey Islands, Bell Island being the other. It has an area of 41 km2 and is located off Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula to the east in the Atlantic Ocean in Canada. The island is uninhabited, but was used earlier by fishermen.

    • Bell Island

      Area
      90.9 km²
      High point
      228 m

      Bell Island is one of the Grey Islands, located off Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula to the east in the Atlantic Ocean. With an area of 88 km2. The island is hilly, rising to over 152 m. (500 ft). The village of Grey Islands Harbour is situated at the southern end of the island.

    Minor islands

    1

    Islets

    40
    • Unnamed island26 m · 0.05 km²
    • Nid Island5 m · 0.04 km²
    • Shepherd Island15 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island1 m · 0.6 ha
    • Unnamed island1 m · 0.5 ha
    • Unnamed island0.5 ha
    • Unnamed island0.4 ha
    • Unnamed island0.4 ha
    • Unnamed island0.4 ha
    • Unnamed island0.3 ha
    • Unnamed island0.3 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    41
    • Red Island12 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Also in the area

    69

    Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.

    • Unnamed island47 m · 0.19 km²
    • Unnamed island21 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island42 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island21 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island12 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island13 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island2 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island1 m · 0.7 ha
    • Unnamed island4 m · 0.7 ha
    • Unnamed island2 m · 0.6 ha
    • Unnamed island0.5 ha
    • Unnamed island0.4 ha

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level100 m200 m300 m249 mGroais228 mBell15 mShepherd12 mIle aux Canes12 mRed5 mNid3 mThe Sisters Rocks1 mBlack
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.00010.0010.010.1110100Bell: 90.9 km²BellGroais: 43.3 km²GroaisUnnamed island: 0.19 km²Unnamed islandIle aux Canes: 0.11 km²Ile aux CanesUnnamed island: 0.05 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.04 km²Unnamed islandRed: 0.04 km²RedNid: 0.04 km²NidUnnamed island: 0.04 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandShepherd: 0.03 km²ShepherdUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandThe Sisters Rocks: 0.01 km²The Sisters RocksUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.7 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.6 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Bell Island90.9 km²
    Groais Island43.3 km²
    Unnamed island0.19 km²
    Ile aux Canes0.11 km²
    Unnamed island0.05 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Red Island0.04 km²
    Nid Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Shepherd Island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    The Sisters Rocks0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.6 ha
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
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    Black Island0.1 ha
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    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs