Continent | North America |
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Region | Eastern Canada |
Area | |
• Total | 1,400,000 km2 (540,000 sq mi) |
• Land | 88% |
• Water | 12% |
Highest point | Mount Caubvick |
Lowest point | Sea level |
Longest river | La Grande River |
Largest lake | Caniapiscau Reservoir |
Climate | Largely subarctic |
Terrain | Flat and rolling except in the Torngat, Otish and Laurentian mountain ranges. |
The Labrador Peninsula or Quebec-Labrador Peninsula,[1][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, Strait of Belle Isle and the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the southeast. The peninsula includes the region of Labrador,[3] 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).
The Peninsula of Quebec-Labrador, sometimes also called Ungava, Labrador, Ungava-Labrador or, politically, New Quebec and Labrador, is a vast territory of approximately one million square kilometers.
Over the years, many variations of the name have been used: Terraagricule (1558); Land of Labor (1575); Estotilandt (1597) or Estotilande (1656); Terra Cortereale (1597); New Britain (1656).
... he had the consuming curiosity of the born explorer which must always see the other side of the hill or the other end of the river.
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