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Anticosti

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An·ti·cos·ti  (nt-kôst, -kst)
An island of eastern Quebec, Canada, at the head of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It was discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534.

Anticosti [ˌæntɪˈkɒstɪ]
n
(Placename) an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq. km (3043 sq. miles)


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9780660197890 Late Ordovician Orthide and Billingsellide brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada; diversity change through mass extinction.
For example, problems exist with the correlation of the boundary stratotype in China and the succession on Anticosti Island, Quebec, which implies that the environmental history of the Himantian remains problematic.
Deer on Anticosti Island, which have no large predators, are active throughout the day.
 
 
 
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