Mingan Passage

channel, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada

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The Mingan Passage is a deep zone within the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a large body of water at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. This passage, along with the St. Lawrence Channel and Eskimo Channel, constitutes the deepest areas of the gulf, covering about a quarter of its total area. The Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, featuring numerous small islands known for erosion-formed monoliths and nesting birds, is located in this region of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada.12

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Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Lawrence Channel and the Mingan Passage, whose orientation is toward the southeast, and the Eskimo Channel, running to the southwest. Together, these channels occupy approximately one-quarter of the total area of the gulf. Then there are the submarine platforms, often less than 165 feet (50 metres) in depth, of…
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Lawrence Channel and the Mingan Passage, whose orientation is toward the southeast, and the Eskimo Channel, running to the southwest. Together, these channels occupy approximately one-quarter of the total area of the gulf. Then there are the submarine platforms, often less than 165 feet (50 metres) in depth, of…
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