Great Northern Peninsula
The Viking Peninsula or Great Northern Peninsula is a large rural area in western Newfoundland. Located north of Gros Morne National Park, it extends to St.Great Northern Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: northernmost landform of the island of Newfoundland in Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.5001° or 50° 30' 0" northLongitude
-56.9982° or 56° 59' 54" westElevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)Open Location Code
9825G222+2PGeoNames ID
6089970Wikidata ID
Q1544328Great Northern Peninsula Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Cebuano: Northern Peninsula (lawis sa Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Cebuano: Northern Peninsula
- Chinese: 大北半島
- Chinese: 大北方半岛
- Dutch: Great Northern Peninsula
- Dutch: Northern Peninsula
- English: Northern Peninsula
- French: Grande Péninsule du Nord
- French: grande péninsule du Nord
- German: Great Northern Peninsula
- Japanese: グレートノーザン半島
- Japanese: グレート・ノーザン半島
- Russian: Большой Северный полуостров
- Swedish: Northern Peninsula
In the Area
Great Northern Peninsula is situated close to the hamlet Port Saunders and the locality Spirity Cove.
- Port SaundersVillage, 26 km northwest
- Eddies Cove WestHamlet, 30 km northwest
- GargamelleLocality, 33 km northwest
- Port au ChoixTown, 34 km northwest
- Barr'd HarbourLocality, 35 km north
- Great Harbour DeepHamlet, 37 km southeast
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Great Northern Peninsula. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.