Newfoundland Peninsula

From Mardecristal

The Newfoundland Peninsula (península de Terra Nova) is a major landform on the eastern coast of North America.

The bell-shaped peninsula is connected to the North American continent by the Isthmus of Canso. It is separated from the Labrador Peninsula by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and from the eastern seabord by the Crystal Sea.

The most significant feature of the peninsula is the Blue Range of mountains, some of the steepest landforms on earth. They are generated by the collision of two tectonically separate landmasses, corresponding roughly to the peninsula's two political divisions, the countries of Mar de Cristal and New Wales. The mountains effectively prevented Native American settlement of Mar de Cristal, as well as subsequent European incursion from the north.

The southwest of the peninsula was settled by Spaniards, the southeast by Welsh miners pursuing the extensive mineral deposits thereof, and the north by Irish and English fishers exploiting the rich fisheries of the Grand Banks.

Adjacent to the peninsula are the Saint Ursula Archipelago and Île Saint-Jude (a department of France) in the Crystal Sea; Isla de Alhelies and Anglesey Island in the Atlantic; and Magdalen Island and Belle Isle in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The UK territory of Bermuda is south of the peninsula.