Nova Scotia

Geography

The province's mainland is a peninsula, connected to mainland North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, and surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, including numerous bays and estuaries. Cape Breton Island, a large island to the northeast of the Nova Scotian mainland, is also part of the province, as is Sable Island, a small island notorious for its shipwrecks, approximately 175 km (95 nm)from the province's southern coast. Nova Scotia is Canada's second smallest province in area (after Prince Edward Island), and no point in Nova Scotia is more than 56 km from the sea.

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Peninsula - North America - Isthmus of Chignecto - Atlantic Ocean - Cape Breton Island - Island - Sable Island - Shipwreck - Nm - Prince Edward Island

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See also individual articles on Nova Scotia geography and below for a map.

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Nova Scotia geography - Below

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