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Great Northern Peninsula
The
Great Northern Peninsula
is the largest and longest
peninsula
of
Newfoundland
,
Canada
, approximately 225 km long and 80 km wide at its widest point and encompassing an area of 17,483 km². It is defined as that part of
Newfoundland
from
Bonne Bay
northwards around
Cape Norman
and
Cape Bauld
and thence southwards to the head of
White Bay
, bounded by the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
on the west, the
Strait of Belle Isle
on the north and the
Labrador Sea
and White Bay on the east.
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