Anticosti Island

Anticosti Island
Native name:
Innu: Notiskuan - Mi'kmaq: Natigostec
Port Menier[1] village, around 1920
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)
CriteriaNatural: viii
Reference1686
Inscription2023 (45th Session)
Area18,240 ha
Buffer zone89,740 ha

Anticosti is an island located between the Jacques Cartier and Honguedo Straits, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in L'Île-d'Anticosti (Municipality), Minganie MRC, Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada.

  1. ^ "Port Menier (Village)". Quebec Gouvernement (in French). Commission Toponymy Quebec. 5 December 1968. Retrieved 2 August 2024. In a few years the buildings were erected in a strict order: residential houses, workshops, sawmills, school, church, supply stores.