Merasheen Island

Merasheen Island
Location of Merasheen Island in Newfoundland

Merasheen Island is an island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. With a length of approximately 35 km and a width at its widest point of 9 km, it is situated about 6 km from Presque.[1] It is the largest island in the Placentia Bay.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ John Purdy, Alexander George Findlay (1847). The British American navigator: a sailing directory for the island and banks of Newfoundland, the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence, Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy, and the coasts thence to the River Penobscot, etc. London: R.H. Laurie. p. 57.
  2. ↑ Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 233. ISBN 0-8020-7570-3.

Coordinates: 47°27′26″N 54°14′45″W / 47.45722°N 54.24583°W / 47.45722; -54.24583

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