Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve
Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Eastern Newfoundland of Newfoundland and Labrador. The fossils here are some of the oldest known remnants of multicellular life on Earth. It is an important site for palaeontology in Canada.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Race.
Cape Race
Locality
Photo: JMPLTNP2012, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Race is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.6265° or 46° 37′ 35″ northLongitude
-53.16317° or 53° 9′ 47″ westOpen location code
88R8JRGP+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1440775109OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
6075409
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve” goes by many names.
- French: “Réserve écologique de Mistaken Point”
- German: “Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve”
- Portuguese: “Mistaken Point”
- Spanish: “Reserva ecológica de Mistaken Point”
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