Natural History

Anticosti Island

Anticosti Island (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃tikɔsti]) is a large but sparsely populated island belonging to the Canadian province of Quebec. It lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is separated from mainland Quebec by the Jacques Cartier and Honguedo straits. Administratively, it forms a municipality of the Côte-Nord region. The area of the island is 7,953.55 km2 (3,070.88 sq mi).

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Bioregion
• ▸1967 in spaceflight
• ▸Greater spotted eagle

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