Port au Port Bay () located on the west coast of the Island of
Newfoundland formed by a long narrow point of land of the
Port au Port Peninsula and the area of Newfoundland known as the
Lewis Hills
The Lewis Hills is a section of the Long Range Mountains located on the west coast of Newfoundland, along the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
An ophiolite
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, in the
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of
Newfoundland and Labrador
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.
The bay is further divided by a natural long point of land which forms two other bays, West Bay and East Bay. It is separated from
Isthmus Bay to the south by two narrow gravel
isthmi.
References
Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador
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