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Avalon Peninsula, 3,579 sq mi (9,270 sq km), SE N.L., Canada, on Newfoundland. It is nearly divided at its center by Conception Bay and St. Mary's Bay. The peninsula is the most densely populated part of Newfoundland; St. John's Saint John's, city (2001 pop. 99,182), provincial capital, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the northeast coast of the Avalon Peninsula, SE Newfoundland island. ..... Click the link for more information. is the chief city. A lighthouse and radio direction-finding station are at Cape Race, which is the easternmost point in North America. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Mary's sills of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland: implications for Iapetus Ocean closure: Geophysical Journal International, v. Its influence caused an Irish pattern of speech and a vocabulary that is still noticeable in current Newfoundland English, especially in the Avalon Peninsula. 5, 1996--Mobil Corporation announced today that Mobil Oil Canada Properties, Chevron Canada Resources, and Petro-Canada, partners in the Hibernia offshore oil development project, will form a company that will own and construct a crude oil transshipment terminal on the Avalon Peninsula at Whiffen Head, Newfoundland, about five kilometers south of the town of Come by Chance. |
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