Pee Pee Island

47°11′29″N 52°50′14″W

Pee Pee Island
Pee Pee Island in foreground with Great Island in background, 2020
Pee Pee Island is located in Newfoundland
Pee Pee Island
Pee Pee Island
Geography
LocationNewfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates47°11′29″N 52°50′14″W
Administration
Canada
Additional information
Time zone
  • NST
Not to be confused with Phi Phi Islands.

Pee Pee Island is a small island located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the far east of Canada.[1] It is the smallest of the four islands in the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, which it became a part of in 1983. It serves as a breeding place for Atlantic puffins.[2]

Name

Shortly after it was incorporated into the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve in 1983, its name was changed from "Pebble Island" to "Pee Pee Island".[3] Its current name makes it the subject of various online memes and jokes, which some believe to be a deliberate or accidental reference to a penis.[4]

Description

Pee Pee Island provides a breeding ground for up to 1300 pairs of Atlantic Puffin and is part of the largest Atlantic Puffin colony in North America.[3] The island is made up of layers of dark grey sandstone and shale.[3] It is only 250 metres from the mainland and easily viewed from the village of Saint Micheals and the East Coast Trail.

The coldest month is February at 6 °C (43 °F), and the hottest August at 14 °C (57 °F).[5] The average annual rainfall is 1,517 mm, with the wettest month being January with an average of 185 mm and the driest month July with 71 mm of precipitation.[6]

References
  1. Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Pee Pee Island". www4.rncan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  2. "Pee Pee Island Is Real And It's In Newfoundland | Newfoundland Buzz". 18 January 2023.
  3. Government of Canada, Department of Fisheries and Land Resources. "Witless Bay Ecological Reserve - Management Plan" (PDF). https://www.flr.gov.nl.ca. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-25. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  4. "Google Map Top Fails (very epic fails)". YouTube. 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  5. "Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO)". Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO). 2019-03-04. Archived from the original on 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
  6. "Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016)". Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016). NASA. 2019-03-04. Archived from the original on 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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