Labrador Peninsula

Geography of Labrador Peninsula
Map of the Labrador Peninsula, with borders delineated based on watershed boundaries.
ContinentNorth America
RegionEastern Canada
Area
 • Total1,400,000 km2 (540,000 sq mi)
 • Land88%
 • Water12%
Highest pointMount Caubvick
Lowest pointSea level
Longest riverLa Grande River
Largest lakeCaniapiscau Reservoir
ClimateLargely subarctic
TerrainFlat and rolling except in the Torngat, Otish and Laurentian mountain ranges.

The Labrador Peninsula,[1] also known as the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula,[2] is a large peninsula in eastern Canada. It is bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, the Hudson Strait to the north, the Labrador Sea to the east, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the southeast. The peninsula includes the region of Labrador, which is part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord, and Nord-du-Québec, which are in the province of Quebec. It has an area of 1,400,000 km2 (541,000 sq mi).

Typical landscape scenery of the interior of the Labrador Peninsula, taken near Schefferville, Quebec, in summer, 2021
  1. ^ (French: Péninsule du Labrador)
  2. ^ (French: Péninsule du Québec-Labrador)

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