Fogo Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)

For other uses, see Fogo.
For the town on the island, see Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fogo Island (Fogo, Portuguese for "Fire") is the largest of the offshore islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, northwest of Musgrave Harbour across Hamilton Sound, just east of the Change Islands. The island is about 25 km (16 mi) long and 14 km (8.7 mi) wide. The total area is 237.71 km2 (91.78 sq mi). On March 1, 2011, the Town of Fogo Island was incorporated, encompassing the former communities of Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Seldom-Little Seldom, Tilting, and previously unincorporated areas of Fogo Island.

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