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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alicejmichel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Alicejmichel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: protected area in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Categories: ecological reserve of Newfoundland and Labrador and tourism
- Location: Eastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.6269° or 46° 37′ 37″ northLongitude
-53.1645° or 53° 9′ 52″ westElevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
88R8JRGP+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 270837157OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mistaken Point Erreserba Ekologikoa”
- Bulgarian: “Екологичен резерват „Мистейкън Пойнт“”
- Catalan: “Mistaken Point”
- Chinese: “米斯塔肯角生态保护区”
- Chinese: “米斯塔肯角生態保護區”
- Chinese: “迷斯塔肯角生态保护区”
- Chinese: “迷斯塔肯角生態保護區”
- Croatian: “Ekološki rezervat Misaken Point”
- Danish: “Mistaken Point Økologiske Reservat”
- Dutch: “Ecologisch Reservaat Mistaken Point”
- Dutch: “Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve”
- Dutch: “Mistaken Point”
- French: “réserve écologique de Mistaken Point”
- French: “Réserve écologique de Mistaken Point”
- Georgian: “მისტაკენ-პოინტის ეკოლოგიური ნაკრძალი”
- Georgian: “მისტეიკენ-პოინტის ეკოლოგიური ნაკრძალი”
- German: “Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve”
- German: “Ökoreservat Mistaken Point”
- Hebrew: “השמורה האקולוגית מיסטייקן פוינט”
- Italian: “Riserva ecologica di Mistaken Point”
- Japanese: “ミステイクン・ポイント”
- Maltese: “Mistaken Point”
- Maltese: “Riżerva Ekoloġika ta‘ Mistaken Point”
- Maltese: “Riżerva Ekoloġika ta’ Mistaken Point”
- Portuguese: “Mistaken Point”
- Romanian: “Rezervația Ecologică Mistaken Point”
- Russian: “Мистейкен Пойнт”
- Spanish: “Reserva ecológica de Mistaken Point”
- Turkish: “Mistaken Point Ekolojik Rezervi”
- Ukrainian: “Містейкен Поїнт”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve”. Photo: Alicejmichel, CC BY-SA 4.0.