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Anticosti Island
Native name:
Innu: Notiskuan - Miꞌkmaq: Natigostec
Salmon fisherman on Rivière à l'Huile
Anticosti Island is located in Quebec
Anticosti Island
Anticosti Island
Geography
LocationGulf of Saint Lawrence
Coordinates49°30′N 63°00′W / 49.500°N 63.000°W / 49.500; -63.000
Area7,953.20 km2 (3,070.75 sq mi)
Length222 km (137.9 mi)
Width56 km (34.8 mi)
Highest elevation306 m (1004 ft)
Highest pointUnnamed point
Administration
Canada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCôte-Nord
CountyMinganie
Largest MunicipalityL'Île-d'Anticosti
Demographics
Population218 (2016)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
CriteriaNatural: viii
Reference1686
Inscription2023 (45th Session)
Area18,240 ha
Buffer zone89,740 ha

Anticosti is an island, in L'Île-d'Anticosti (Municipality), Minganie Regional County Municipality, administrative region of Côte-Nord, Quebec province, Canada.

The island is located at the junction of the Estuary of St. Lawrence estuary and its gulf which opens into the Atlantic Ocean.

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