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Penguin Islands
The Penguin Islands are a cluster of islands and sea stacks located on the north coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The islands are located nearly 20 kilometers from the nearest part of the island of Newfoundland.
Overview
The Penguin Islands are a cluster of islands and sea stacks located on the north coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The islands are located nearly 20 kilometers from the nearest part of the island of Newfoundland. Historians and naturalists believe that the Penguin Islands were a former breeding ground for the great auk. Petrels were reported nesting in the islands in 1887, with an estimated 900 pairs living on South Penguin Island in 1945.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands0
- Minor islands0
- Islets8
- Rocks & skerries1
Islets
- Unnamed island0.1 km²
- Unnamed island0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.6 ha
- Unnamed island0.5 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |