The Gannet Islands Ecological Reserve is a remote

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in the

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. The Gannet Islands are a group of islands approximately 40 km northeast of

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. The islands are named after the British survey ship HMS ''Gannet''. The reserve is home to the largest

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colony in

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and the third largest breeding colony of

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References

*http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/env/parks/wer/r_gie/index.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20110225142502/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=LB001 *https://www.flr.gov.nl.ca/natural_areas/wer/r_gie/index.html *https://www.protectedplanet.net/gannet-islands-ecological-reserve-ecological-reserve Islands of Newfoundland and Labrador Bird sanctuaries of Canada {{Labrador-geo-stub