Table Point Ecological Reserve
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Table Point Ecological Reserve
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| location | Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada | |
| surface | 116 ha | |
| WDPA ID | 19344 | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 22 ′ N , 57 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| Sea level | 0 m | |
| Setup date | 1986 | |
| administration | Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Fisheries and Land Resources, Land Management Division, Natural Areas Program | |
The Table Point Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve off the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, which belongs to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The reserve was designated as a provisional reserve in 1986. In 1990 it received the full status of an Ecological Reserve .
location
The reserve is located just under 50 km from the northern park boundary of Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of the Great Northern Peninsula . The Route 430 goes past the nature reserve.
Fossils
The Table Point Ecological Reserve was set up to protect the fossils and rock formations found there. These are evidence of the geological changes in the continental shelf of an ancient ocean. The Appalachians began to form between 468 and 458 million years before our time, during a 10 million year period called the Whiterockian Portion in the Middle Ordovician . At this time, the Iapetus Ocean, a predecessor of the Atlantic, joined.
There are two limestone layers in the reserve, the Table Point Formation and the Table Cove Formation on top . These include the following fossils: ostracods , trilobites , brachiopods , bog animals , sea lilies and hair stars , gastropods (snails) as well as impressively large nautiloids .
Web links
- Table Point Ecological Reserve at Natural Resources Canada
- Table Point Ecological Reserve at www.protectedplanet.net