Médée Bay

Médée Bay is a natural bay off the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[1] It faces the modern village and archeological site of L'Anse aux Meadows, whose original name Anse à la Médée ("The Médée's Cove") was first recorded on a 1862 French nautical chart and came from a ship named after the Greek mythological figure of Medea.[2]

References

  1. ↑ United States Hydrographic Office; Davenport, Richard G. (1884). Newfoundland and Labrador: The coast and banks of Newfoundland and the coast of Labador, from Grand Point to the Koksoak River, with the adjacent islands and banks (Public domain ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 244–. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada". Parks Canada (www.pc.ga.ca). Retrieved 2014-02-01.

Coordinates: 51°36′00″N 55°31′55″W / 51.600°N 55.532°W / 51.600; -55.532 (Médée Bay)


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