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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.[1] The island is uninhabited, but was used earlier by fishermen.

The island is hilly, rising to over 100 metres. James Cook visited the island on 7 July 1754.[2] The northern coastline of Groais Island has high cliffs rising over 100 metres from the ocean. Although the ocean is mostly ice-covered in the region from January to April, the prevailing westerly winds often create open leads of water around the island.

Groais Island is important for birds during both the breeding and wintering season.

See also

• Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
• List of islands of Newfoundland and Labrador

Sources

• IBA, birds
• Cal Coish, The Hitch-Hiker, page 20

На других языках

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[de] Groais Island

Groais Island ist eine unbewohnte Insel im Nordosten der kanadischen Provinz Neufundland. Die Insel liegt damit im Nordatlantik gegenüber von Kap Rouge. Sie hat eine Fläche von 41 km². Die nächsten Orte auf der Avalon-Halbinsel sind Croque und Conche.

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- [en] Groais Island

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[fr] Île Groais

L'île Groais (en anglais : Groais Island) est une île située au nord-est de l'île de Terre-Neuve. Elle fait partie des îles Grey. C'est une île inhabitée.

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