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Cod Island
  Cod Island Cod Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) | |
 Cod Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Labrador Sea, Eastern Canada |
| Coordinates | 57°47′00″N 61°46′50″W / 57.78333°N 61.78056°W |
| Area | 133 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 914 m (2999 ft) |
| Highest point | Cod Island High Point |
| Administration | |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| • Summer (DST) | |
Cod Island is an uninhabited island in the northern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1][2] It is located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the eastern part of the country, 1,700 kilometers northeast of the capital Ottawa. The total area of the island is 133 square kilometres.[3]
Early hydrographers referred to the island as Ogua-Lik.[4][5][6] On March 7, 1957, the island received its current name.[7]
- ^ Complete Atlas of the World (3rd ed.). Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2016. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4654-4401-1. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Cod Island at GeoNames.Org (cc-by); post updated 18 January 2006; database dump downloaded 29 December 2015
- ^ "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Royal Society of Canada (1897). Mémoires Et Comptes Rendus de la Société Royale Du Canada. Royal Society of Canada. p. CXXVIII. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ United States Hydrographic Office (1884). H.O. Pub Issue 73. p. 564. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Great Britain Hydrographic Dept (1887). The Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot. p. 460. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Canadian Geographical Names – CGN – GeoBase Series" (Database). Open Government Portal. Natural Resources Canada. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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