Dover Island

Dover Island an island located 1.6 km off the shore of . It is a popular destination for a form of free rock climbing known as bouldering.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include William E. deGarthe Provincial Park and William deGarthe Art Gallery.

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 4 km west of Dover Island.

Art gallery
Photo: Shellysimpson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 4 km west of Dover Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peggy’s Cove.

Photo: Eric Raymond Lanning, CC BY 3.0.
Peggy's Cove is a hamlet and popular tourist spot in . It is both bleak and picturesque with its historic and still-used lighthouse standing watch over the village and the granite rocks and cliffs.

Dover Island

Latitude
44.483° or 44° 28′ 59″ north
Longitude
-63.86711° or 63° 52′ 2″ west
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
87PRF4MM+65
Geo­Names ID
5942250
Wiki­data ID
Q5302504
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Satellite Map

Discover Dover Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Dover Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Dover Island”
  • Dutch: “Dover Island”
  • Esperanto: “Doverinsulo”
  • French: “Dover Island (Canada, Nouvelle-Écosse)”
  • Swedish: “Dover Island, Nova Scotia”
  • Swedish: “Dover Island”
  • Turkish: “Dover Island”

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