Trump Islands are located in

Notre Dame Bay Notre Dame Bay is a large bay in Newfoundland, Canada. To the south it adjoins the Bay of Exploits. The name, French for '' Our Lady Bay'', dates to at least 1550, and is possibly a French translation of an earlier Portuguese name. Trump Islan ...

, within census division No. 8,

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...

, Canada. The uninhabited islands are noted for their mineral wealth.

Description

Trump Islands are two uninhabited islands, North Trump Island and South Trump Island, located on the western side of Friday Bay, within the larger

. The two islands are surrounded by several small

islet An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanen ...

s, and are separated from each other by Trump Island Tickle, a rock-and-islet-filled channel. North Trump Island is long with a peak elevation of , and South Trump Island is long with a peak elevation of . Tizzard's Harbour is northwest of Trump Islands, and

Dildo Run Provincial Park Dildo Run Provincial Park is a provincial park located on New World Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was opened to the public in 1967. The nearest major town is Twillingate. There are 55 campsites, each with a picnic table, fireplace ...

is south. Small vessels can anchor at Fools Harbour, at the eastern end of South Trump Island.

History

Exploration of Trump Islands did not occur until the 1860s. Fishing is poor, and the islands are surrounded by rocks, making them difficult to reach by boat.

Chalcopyrite Chalcopyrite ( ) is a copper iron sulfide mineral and the most abundant copper ore mineral. It has the chemical formula CuFeS2 and crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mo ...

and high-grade copper-cobalt ore were found on the islands in 1863. In 1999, gold,

pyrite The mineral pyrite (), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Fe S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral. Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue giv ...

pyrrhotite Pyrrhotite is an iron sulfide mineral with the formula Fe(1-x)S (x = 0 to 0.2). It is a nonstoichiometric variant of FeS, the mineral known as troilite. Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic pyrite, because the color is similar to pyrite and it i ...

, silver, and sulphide were also found. In 2017, King's Bay Resources acquired mining rights to most of North Trump Island.

References

{{Reflist Uninhabited islands of Newfoundland and Labrador