Newfoundland (island)

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Newfoundland is a large island within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated off the eastern coast of the North American mainland, to the south of Labrador. The island contains 29% of the province's land area, but is home to over 90% of the province's population, with about 60% of the province's population located on the small southeastern Avalon Peninsula. The island is separated from the Labrador Peninsula by the Strait of Belle Isle and from Cape Breton Island by the Cabot Strait. It blocks the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, creating the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary. Newfoundland's nearest neighbour, at only 19 km (12 mi) away, is the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Saint Pierre et Miquelon). It has an area of 108,878.06 km2 (42,038.05 sq mi). Newfoundland is the world's fifteenth-largest island, Canada's fourth-largest island, and the largest Canadian island outside the North. The provincial capital...

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