Mortier Bay

Mortier Bay (or Little Mortier Bay) is a natural bay on the Burin Peninsula on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is entered through a channel 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.80 km)wide, at the north end of which the bay opens nearly 2 miles (3.2 km) in diameter with deep water and no anchorage, except in the harbors off it.[1] The settlement of Marystown is located on the bay.

Oil platform in Mortier Bay, Marystown, Newfoundland.

References

This article includes text incorporated from United States Hydrographic Office & R. G. Davenport's "Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks" (1884), a publication now in the public domain.

United States Hydrographic Office; Davenport, Richard G. (1884). Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 111–. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

47.083°N 55.098°W / 47.083; -55.098 (Mortier Bay)

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[OfficeDavenport1884-1] United States Hydrographic Office; Davenport, Richard G. (1884). Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 111–. Retrieved 13 November 2011.