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Rochers aux Oiseaux
	View of Rochers aux Oiseaux from Brion Island, with Rocher aux Oiseaux (right) and Rocher aux Margaulx (left).
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Geography
Location	Gulf of St. Lawrence (Atlantic Ocean)
Coordinates	47°50′35″N 61°09′25″W / 47.84306°N 61.15694°W
Archipelago	Magdalen Islands
Total islands	2
Major islands	Rocher aux Oiseaux
Area	0.04 km2 (0.015 sq mi)
Highest point	unnamed (30m above Rocher aux Oiseaux)
Administration
	Canada
Province	Quebec
Administrative region	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Local municipality	Grosse-Île
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Time zone	UTC-4;
	Discovered on June 25, 1534 by Europeans and several hundreds of years earlier by the Mi'kmaq ; It is nowadays considered as a Bird sanctuary

The Rochers aux Oiseaux (Bird Rocks) are an uninhabited archipelago in Quebec, Canada, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off the Magdalen Islands. The islands and the surrounding marine area are a migratory bird sanctuary known as the Rochers-aux-Oiseaux Bird Sanctuary, owned by the Canadian Coast Guard and home to a large colony of Northern gannets.

This four-hectare, thirty-metre-high sandstone boulder is reputed to be a veritable ship's graveyard, which encouraged the installation of a lighthouse in 1870. Many of its keepers lost their lives in accidents at work or while hunting seals. The lighthouse was finally automated in 1988, leaving the island inhabited only by seabirds.

Bird Rock is 300 m long by 150 m wide and 30 m high, forms a kind of red sandstone citadel that is practically inaccessible but inhabited by thousands of birds and a lighthouse that is now automated.
Margaulx rock is 1.3 km to the northwest, actually identifies three small cays.^[1]^[2]

Bird Rocks Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Lighthouse, keepers' house and outbuildings
Red sandnestone citadel
Support one of the six Northern Gannet Colonies in North America^[2]

^ "Rochers aux Oiseaux". Commission de toponymie Quebec. Government of Quebec. 1968-12-05. Retrieved 2 March 2024. In 1919, Brother Marie-Victorin used this name during his visit to Les Rochers
^ ^a ^b "Les rochers aux Oiseaux". Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in Canada. Retrieved 2 March 2024. Oil pollution is also a concern due to the proximity of the islands to the main shipping route that leads to the St. Lawrence seaway.

[Rochers_aux_Oiseaux_toponymy-1] "Rochers aux Oiseaux". Commission de toponymie Quebec. Government of Quebec. 1968-12-05. Retrieved 2 March 2024. In 1919, Brother Marie-Victorin used this name during his visit to Les Rochers

[Les_rochers_aux_Oiseaux_Birds_Canada-2] "Les rochers aux Oiseaux". Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in Canada. Retrieved 2 March 2024. Oil pollution is also a concern due to the proximity of the islands to the main shipping route that leads to the St. Lawrence seaway.

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Geography
View of Rochers aux Oiseaux from Brion Island, with Rocher aux Oiseaux (right) and Rocher aux Margaulx (left).
Rochers aux Oiseaux Show map of Canada Rochers aux Oiseaux Show map of Quebec
Location	Gulf of St. Lawrence (Atlantic Ocean)
Coordinates	47°50′35″N 61°09′25″W / 47.84306°N 61.15694°W / 47.84306; -61.15694
Archipelago	Magdalen Islands
Total islands	2
Major islands	Rocher aux Oiseaux
Area	0.04 km² (0.015 sq mi)
Highest point	unnamed (30m above Rocher aux Oiseaux)
Administration
Canada
Province	Quebec
Administrative region	Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Local municipality	Grosse-Île
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Time zone	UTC-4
Discovered on June 25, 1534 by Europeans and several hundreds of years earlier by the Mi'kmaq It is nowadays considered as a Bird sanctuary