Newfoundland Banks

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Arctic; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/60695

Newfoundland The Newfoundland Banks are separated from those of Nova Scotia by a great submarine channel, the Laurentian Valley, which is from fifty to seventy miles wide. It is broader near the edge of the continental shelf and attains a depth of 15,000 feet. The banks which lie north and east of the great channel and south and southeast of Newfoundland are Burgeo, St Pierre, Green, the Grand Bank proper, and Flemish Gap. Green and St. Pierre, which are separated from each other and from the main bank by fairly deep channels are usually considered as forming part of the Grand Bank because of their similar character- istics and the essential unity of the region. Flemish Gap is separated from the rest of the group by an interval of very deep water which normally serves as a passage for the Arctic Current. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story MAR 1971 JH MAR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I