Anchor Point
Anchor Point is a town located in St. Barbe Bay, south of Flower's Cove on the west side of the Great Northern Peninsula, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was the first English settlement on what is called the 'French Shore' of Newfoundland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 314 residents
- Description: town located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Also known as: “Anchor Point, Newfoundland and Labrador”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Barbe and Flower’s Cove.
St. Barbe
Village
St. Barbe is an unincorporated settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located on the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland near Pigeon Cove. St. Barbe is situated 4½ km south of Anchor Point.
Flower’s Cove
Town
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flower's Cove is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 272 in the Canada 2021 Census. It is known for its thrombolite fossils. Flower’s Cove is situated 8 km northeast of Anchor Point.
Anchor Point
- Categories: town of Newfoundland and Labrador and locality
- Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.23782° or 51° 14′ 16″ northLongitude
-56.79444° or 56° 47′ 40″ westPopulation
314Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
983566Q4+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 1538835143OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
5884779Wikidata ID
Q2845747
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Anchor Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Anchor Point”
- Chinese: “锚点”
- Czech: “Anchor Point”
- Dutch: “Anchor Point, Newfoundland and Labrador”
- Dutch: “Anchor Point”
- French: “Anchor Point”
- German: “Anchor Point”
- Persian: “انچور پوینت، نیوفوندلاند و لابرادور”
- Portuguese: “Anchor Point”
- Slovak: “Anchor Point”
- Spanish: “Anchor Point”
- Swedish: “Anchor Point, Newfoundland och Labrador”
- Swedish: “Anchor Point”
- Turkish: “Anchor Point”
- Ukrainian: “Анкор-Пойнт”
- “Anchor Point”
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